Istanbul suicide bombers came in taxi

June 29, 2016 16:13

Of the three bombers in the airport attack, two were at the international terminal, and the third terrorist was in the nearby parking lot, a Turkish official told CNN. All three detonated suicide vests.

The attacks happened on a warm summer night at the airport, east of Istanbul, which is the 11th busiest in the world in terms of passenger traffic.

Ataturk Airport is "one of the most secure airports in the world," CNN senior law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes said. But the airport has been "very overwhelmed for several decades with terrorism from PKK."

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

"The terrorists came to the airport in a taxi and then carried out their attacks," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. "The fact that they were carrying guns added to the toll. Preliminary findings suggest all three attackers first opened fire then detonated themselves."

Yildirim didn't clarify why, but said signs pointed to ISIS being behind the attacks.

The three bombers have not been identified, but there is a "strong suggestion that they are foreign," a senior Turkish government source told CNN.

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