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    Breakingnews Turkey airport explosions: 28 dead, 60 injured.

    Waagacusub.net - It is supposedly two people who have blown themselves up , says the Turkish authorities.

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Waagacusub.net - It is supposedly two people who have blown themselves up , says the Turkish authorities.
 At least 28 people have been killed and 60 others wounded in the attack on Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey, according to Turkey's semi-official news agency Anadolu. The report says six of the wounded are in a critical condition. A total of 49 ambulances were sent to the site.
-- Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag earlier said at least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured. 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 video posted to Twitter shows a view from a camera inside the airport terminal. A few dozen people are walking around when a bright flash and fireball erupt in the background.
-- 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.
Istanbul's Ataturk Airport

-- The airport opened in 1953

-- It's the 11th busiest in the world in terms of terms of passenger traffic (2015)

-- It's Europe's third busiest airport (2015)

-- Almost 62 million passengers pass through each year

-- There are two main passenger terminals

-- Terminal 1 is older, smaller and handles domestic travel

-- Terminal 2 is the newer, bigger international terminal

-- There is a vehicle checkpoint at the entrance to the airport compound

-- There is also an X-ray security checkpoint before entering the terminal

-- The airport is roughly 15 miles from the city

 

Source: Airports Council International/CNN

 

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