The attack on the ataturk airport and witness statements details
Rocked three suicide bombings on Tuesday evening, June 28 ataturk International airport in Istanbul, followed by gunfire, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of dead and injured, and suspended all flights at the airport.
Turkish officials confirmed that three suicide bombers fired on fire before they blow themselves up in the largest airports in Turkey.
The head of the Turkish government Ben Ali Yildirim told reporters at the scene that "According to the latest information, 36 people were killed" and wounding 147, pointing out that "the evidence indicates Daash."
He said Turkish Prime Minister Ben Ali Yildirim said preliminary investigations indicate that three suicide bombers fired on fire in the attack on the airport Tuesday before blowing themselves up.
He said Yildirim told reporters at the airport that there are probably foreigners among the dead.
For its part, he said the agency "Associated Press", quoting a senior Turkish official on Wednesday morning, June 29, that the attack on the Istanbul airport toll had reached fifty dead and dozens wounded.
And he told to Istanbul and pour Sahin told reporters at the ataturk airport entrance, suicide attacks, targeted travelers coming from the reception hall lounge external lines at the airport.
For his part, eyewitness was arriving passengers waiting for a guest reception hall when the attack happened happened, saying: "a massive explosion occurred .. His voice is very high and the roof fell in. The situation inside the airport awful big damage."
In turn, a woman who was checking passports administration after just arrived from Germany that she threw herself on the floor with hearing the sound of the explosion she said. She said women from outside the airport: "Everyone began to flee. The place was covered in blood and body parts. I saw the effects shots fired at the doors."
Witnesses also reported that they had heard gunfire before the attacks shortly, he said foreign tourists watched how one of the attackers shoot randomly at the airport lounge.
He said the tourist, a South African was on his way back to Cape Town with his wife: "We came to the departure lounge and we saw a man shoot randomly. Was shooting at anyone in front of him. He was wearing black clothes .. I was 50 meters away from him."
He added: "entrenched behind the table, but I stood up to see it. Two explosions occurred shortly after the last explosion. After that stop shooting."
He added: "turned around and started coming toward us. Was carrying a gun inside his jacket. He looks around anxiously to see if anyone Cioagafh he went down in the elevator ... we heard more shooting and then we heard an explosion and then ended up."
An official at the Turkish Airlines said the authorities suspended flights take off from the airport until eight o'clock Wednesday morning local time (fifth GMT) Travelers and transfer to the hotel, and was an official at the airport said that some flights diverted to other airports.
The first flights are preparing to leave the ataturk International airport in Istanbul on Wednesday morning, with the partial resumption of air traffic.
It is scheduled to take off several local and international flights beginning at nine am local time (0600 GMT), according to the airport site. The flights may access resumed in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Ataturk airport is the largest airports in Turkey and represents a prime hub for international flights and is located in the European part of Istanbul, one of the busiest airports in the world, and there is a second airport in the Asian part of the city, home to some 15 million people.