Istanbul airport explosions: 10 dead

[gracie7]

-- At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others injured in the attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told CNN.

The two suicide bombers were also killed. Bozdag said one attacker "first opened fire with a Kalashnikov then detonated himself" at the airport entrance.

In total two bombs exploded. One of them was located just outside the terminal on the pavement, the other was at the security gate at the entrance to the airport.

Authorities said no bombs exploded within the airport building itself, according to the minister

-- A Turkish official told CNN that police fired shots at suspects near the international terminal in an effort to neutralize them.

-- Videos posted on social media show travelers sitting on the airport floor. A man shouts, "Get down! Get down!" Someone cries as a gunshot rings out.

-- The attacks happened on a warm summer night at the airport, east of Istanbul, that is the 11th busiest in the world in terms of passenger traffic. CNN's Ali Veshi says it is a modern, sophisticated airport. "There are all of the major European and American boutiques there," said Velshi, who has traveled through Turkey many times. "... You see people of all shapes and colors, in all sorts of dress. If you want to target the cosmopolitan nature of Istanbul, this is possibly the most cosmopolitan, heavily populated part. You can target tourist areas, but this is the part where the world comes together."

Two explosions and gunfire rocked Istanbul Ataturk airport Tuesday, Turkey's semi-official news agency Anadolu reported.

The report referenced multiple injuries, but the exact number was not immediately clear.

The report says the explosions occurred in the international departures area of the airport.

Video on Turkish television showed a string of ambulances and fire trucks at the scene as authorities scurried under crime-scene tape.

Turkey has been rocked by a string of terror attacks over the past year as it weathers bombing campaigns carried out both by ISIS and Kurdish militants.

As part of the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS, Turkey allows coalition planes to fly raids on ISIS targets in neighboring Iraq and Syria from its territory.

And last year Turkey resumed hostilities with the PKK, Kurdish militant separatists, in earnest after a two-year cease fire broke down.

The PKK, or Kurdistan Worker's Party, has been in an armed struggle with the Turkish government for decades and is considered a terror group by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.

In March, at least 37 were killed when a car bomb detonated near a bus stop in the Turkish capital, Ankara, in an attack claimed by a Kurdish militant group.

Six days later an ISIS suicide bomber detonated himself on one of Istanbul's main streets, killing four.

A month earlier, 28 were killed in a blast targeting military vehicles in central Ankara. A Kurdish group claimed responsibility.

And in January, at least 10 German tourists died in a suicide bombing in Istanbul's Sultanahmet Square that Turkish authorities linked to ISIS.

The violence has had an impact on Turkey's tourism industry, a key sector of the national economy.

Source: Istanbul airport explosions: 10 dead, Justice minister says - CNN.com

[gracie7]

28 people killed and injured 60 more

Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: At least 28 dead and dozens injured - BBC News

[mikyAt]

another deadly terrorist attack, casualties are continuing to rise..murag normal nlng ning klase sa balita karong panahona

[bettafishenthusiast]

another splash of flesh ,..wahahaha

[C'thulhu]

So far 36 confirmed dead...

Istanbul airport explosions: 36 dead, 147 injured, Turkish officials says - CNN.com

[buknoy24]

Naa nasad ni Sila pasaligan ug 72 virgins afterlife...

[enritz]

Permi na lage na ay terrorist attacks? Na unza naman ni ui!

[Bears Grill]

I wonder where ISIS gets its doctrines, instructions and justifications from. The founder of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has a doctorate in Islamic studies and he quotes from the Islamic texts all the time when he addresses his followers. Ex-Muslims are screaming the answer to the rest of the world. Heck, even reformist Muslims like Maajid Nawaz agrees with what everyone is afraid of saying for fear of being called bigots and racist. Something is wrong with Islam itself and it needs to be reformed big time. It's the Kool Aid fountain from which these terrorists all drink.

I believe the problem lies with the examples and sayings of the very founder of Islam: Mohammed. Mohammed beheaded infidels (ISIS does the same). Mohammed had *** slaves (ISIS does the same). Mohammed said sodomites should be thrown off high places (ISIS does the same).

Mohammed married Aisha when she was 6 years old and consummated (i.e. had *** with her) when she was 9 (one of the very first decrees of the Ayatollah of Iran when he took power was to lower the marrying age of women to 13). Let's think about that one little fact for a while. Girls at 9 years of age don't go around fantasizing about a husband or ***. Here's the deal. You don't have *** with a 9 year old. The only way to have *** with a 9 year old is to rape them.

That's why this fight against Islamic terrorism has to be an ideological war (a war of ideas). The authenticity of Sira and the Hadiths concerning the treatment of infidels has to be questioned. For us (non-Muslims), as Kafirs, our concern with Islam is not its spirituality aspect. Our concern is what Islams says about how Kafirs are to be treated. As it is, it's not good. There's not a good word about us and the treatment is as violent as it gets.

(Note: because the "do-not-generalize" police get so jumpy about criticism of Islam...understand that the statements above is a criticism of Islam the ideology, the idea...not Muslims.)

[dodong69]

I wonder where ISIS gets its doctrines, instructions and justifications from. The founder of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has a doctorate in Islamic studies and he quotes from the Islamic texts all the time when he addresses his followers. Ex-Muslims are screaming the answer to the rest of the world. Heck, even reformist Muslims like Maajid Nawaz agrees with what everyone is afraid of saying for fear of being called bigots and racist. Something is wrong with Islam itself and it needs to be reformed big time. It's the Kool Aid fountain from which these terrorists all drink.

I believe the problem lies with the examples and sayings of the very founder of Islam: Mohammed. Mohammed beheaded infidels (ISIS does the same). Mohammed had *** slaves (ISIS does the same). Mohammed said sodomites should be thrown off high places (ISIS does the same).

Mohammed married Aisha when she was 6 years old and consummated (i.e. had *** with her) when she was 9 (one of the very first decrees of the Ayatollah of Iran when he took power was to lower the marrying age of women to 13). Let's think about that one little fact for a while. Girls at 9 years of age don't go around fantasizing about a husband or ***. Here's the deal. You don't have *** with a 9 year old. The only way to have *** with a 9 year old is to rape them.

That's why this fight against Islamic terrorism has to be an ideological war (a war of ideas). The authenticity of Sira and the Hadiths concerning the treatment of infidels has to be questioned. For us (non-Muslims), as Kafirs, our concern with Islam is not its spirituality aspect. Our concern is what Islams says about how Kafirs are to be treated. As it is, it's not good. There's not a good word about us and the treatment is as violent as it gets.

(Note: because the "do-not-generalize" police get so jumpy about criticism of Islam...understand that the statements above is a criticism of Islam the ideology, the idea...not Muslims.)

is there muslims in the forum? kindly answer why is this happening right now? ayaw ninyo paabota nga ang mga katirs nga gitawag masuko ug hotdon ang mga muslims sa tibook kalibotan kay luoy ang nag tinarung nga mga mulims.

[Scott Bernard]

This is not Islam's fault... Let us not put a blame towards our loving Muslim brothers...

The killings are not connected religiously, just a product of serial killings / bad childhood.