36 Killed, 15O Injured In Triple Suicide Bombing At Istanbul Airport, PM Blames ISIS

Istanbul: 36 people killed, over 150 members injured after three suicide bombers opened fire then blew up themselves in Istanbul’s main international airport on Tuesday.

One attacker opened fire in the departures hall with an automatic rifle, sending passengers diving for cover and trying to flee, before all three blew themselves up or around the arrival hall a floor below, officials said. Turkey’s prime minister said, the attack appeared to have been as attack by ISIS terrorists.

Police fired shots to try to stop two of the attackers just before they reached a security checkpoint at the arrivals hall, but they detonated their explosives, a Turkish official said. "It became clear with this incident again that terrorism is a global threat. This attack, targeting innocent people is a vile, planned terrorist act," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters at the airport.

"There was a huge explosion, extremely loud. The roof came down. Inside the airport it is terrible, you can't recognise it, the damage is big," said Ali Tekin, who was at the arrivals hall waiting for a guest when the attack took place.