ISTANBUL, Suicide bomb exploded at the Ataturk Airport, Turkey, Tuesday (28/06/2016) night local time. At least 28 people were killed and 60 were injured.
As quoted by the AP from the television station NTV Turkey, Istanbul Governor Vasib Sahin said the blast was allegedly carried out three suicide bombers.
The Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said earlier that preliminary information says a terrorist entered the airport terminal and fired Kalashnikov rifles wear. After that, the perpetrators blow themselves.
Additional information from officials in local authorities, alling the perpetrators of a series of blowing themselves up after police opened fire on them at the entrance of the airport terminal.
Officials are not willing to be named by the Turkish government protocol says, the attackers blew themselves before passing the examination x-ray at the entrance to the airport.
Turkey Ataturk airport security screening procedures running at the entrance and one more examination before passengers enter the departure gate.
The roads around the airport was closed immediately after the explosion, with a number of ambulances seen passing in and out of the airport.
Hundreds of passengers poured out of the airport along with their belongings, after the blast. Some of them sat there on the grass, with twinkling lights illuminate the ambulances and police cars airport area.
"We are at the gates depatures, up on the escalator when I heard gunshots," said Paul Roos, one of the passengers. "There were people wandering around, dressed in black and holding a gun in his hand," he said.
Private news agency DHA said the injured, including police officers, were taken to Bakirkoy State Hospital.
In recent months, Turkey experienced many bombing attacks. Two of the bombing attacks in Istanbul, including targeting tourists.
Increased attacks-in number and scale-which by local officials allegedly linked to the Kurdish militia, or ISIS, not just to scare tourists but also hit the Turkish economy is quite dependent on the tourism sector.
Istanbul Ataturk Airport is the busiest airport in the world to 11th in 2015, with 61.8 million passengers using it, the data refer to the Airports Council International.
The service is also one of the fastest growing in the world, with passenger growth in 2015 reached 9.2 percent compared to a year earlier.
The airport operator's aircraft is Turkish Airlines, which is headquartered there. Air carriers low cost carrier Onur Air, the largest operator next.
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