Explosions and gunfire at Istanbul airport

RobertKK

Breaking news of two explosions and gunfire at Istanbul airport.
Multiple people injured.

No other information right now.


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smash

Sky news reporting it for the last half an hour or more with no information other than 2 bombs, gunfire and multiple injuries.

selastich2

pictures emerging on twitter look rough

BorneTobyWilde

Will be big casualties . Can only imagine westerners where the target.

RobertKK

Istanbul airport is the third biggest airport in Europe.

ISIS seems the most likely culprit as the PKK usually attack the military or police.
There are indications the situation is very bad in terms of injuries, a large number of medical people have been sent to the airport and there has been substantial damage inside the airport according to reports.

RobertKK

The attack happened in the international departures area.

smash

https://twitter.com/bonniekipperman/status/747877960586305537

https://twitter.com/dbloom451/status/747877612496760833

https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/747877681623076864

https://twitter.com/jakoben1789/status/747877678351527936

https://twitter.com/mohamedhemish/status/747872520716582917

alchemist33

Our neighbour and babysitter is in Turkey now. She flew into Tunisia the day of the attacks last year too.

Hope this isn't too bad.

Stheno

10 Dead and 40 injured so far

RobertKK

Police fired at suspects who then detonated their suicide vests.

smash

Reports are that police tried to take down 2 suicide bombers who detonated devices just before they passed the security gates.

Samaris

Stheno wrote: »

10 Dead and 40 injured so far

Ah hells, I hoped from the early reports it was "just" injuries, and no casualties.

FalconGirl

Awful stuff. Will be very telling who Erdogan attributes blame to. Maybe he'll stay silent.

Alf Stewart.

Ten dead according to newstalk.

Killer Wench

Per MSNBC via an eyewitness, a police officer jumped on top of one of the suicide bombers right as he detonated.

The_Kew_Tour

Killer Wench wrote: »

Per MSNBC via an eyewitness, a police officer jumped on top of one of the suicide bombers right as he detonated.

What a Brave Brave man

Jimmy Garlic

FalconGirl wrote: »

Awful stuff. Will be very telling who Erdogan attributes blame to. Maybe he'll stay silent.

He should blame himself. He supports terrorists.

RobertKK

Bad and all as the situation is, it does appear the Turkish police prevented an even worse outcome.

Neamhshuntasach

There are reports right this moment of a further attack and more gunfire at the Atatürk airport. We'll bring you the latest as we get it.

^^^

Above just posted in live reddit thread.

smash

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

There are reports right this moment of a further attack and more gunfire at the Atatürk airport. We'll bring you the latest as we get it.

^^^

Above just posted in live reddit thread.

Jesus, some pretty gruesome and bloody images just hit Twitter.

Mr. Farage

Buddhists?

FortySeven

It is sad that this is now our unavoidable future. There is no stopping this kind of attack, only limiting casualties. It is a war of attrition and they are winning it. Bastards.

smash

Mr. Farage wrote: »

Buddhists?

hare krishnas

Jimmy Garlic

Mr. Farage wrote: »

Buddhists?

They are a great bunch of lads in fairness. Their sky fairy is pretty laid back.

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Catholics? Sure, nobody expects the Spanish inquisition.

Penny Tration

Killer Wench wrote: »

Per MSNBC via an eyewitness, a police officer jumped on top of one of the suicide bombers right as he detonated.

Jesus Christ. What an absolute hero.

Mr. Farage

Hindu's? Anyone, anyone at all.

P_1

BBC saying 3 attacks, 1 in the carpark and 1 each in departures and arrivals.

Health warning this is coming from a correspondent speaking live via Skype on a just landed flight.

Kristopherus

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

He should blame himself. He supports terrorists.

Absolutely. Would be no harm at all if a stray bullet flew his way:rolleyes:

Penny Tration

Lads, instead of ripping the p!ss with the comments about Buddhists, Christians and so on, how about sparing a thought for the innocent victims who've just been horrifically murdered, yeah?

Renegade Mechanic

FalconGirl wrote: »

Awful stuff. Will be very telling who Erdogan attributes blame to. Maybe he'll stay silent.

Kurds are certainly the safest bet...
Still, too early to tell now, looks nasty as all hell in there

Neamhshuntasach

Video of the explosion on reddit live thread. At the top. Not graphic as from a distance.

https://www.reddit.com/live/x6320sn8e8e8

Manutd_4life

Killer Wench wrote: »

Per MSNBC via an eyewitness, a police officer jumped on top of one of the suicide bombers right as he detonated.

Wow!! What a brave man

smash

P_1 wrote: »

BBC saying 3 attacks, 1 in the carpark and 1 each in departures and arrivals.

Health warning this is coming from a correspondent speaking live via Skype on a just landed flight.

There's security footage on Twitter of the 2 explosions at the departures gates. That's all the explosions there's been as far as I know.

P_1

https://twitter.com/imgedengemi/status/747887345945411584

Moment of detonation seemingly caught on CCTV.

POTENTIALLY GRAPHIC

P_1

smash wrote: »

There's security footage on Twitter of the 2 explosions at the departures gates. That's all the explosions there's been as far as I know.

True I can only imagine the tension being on one of those landed flights.

Neamhshuntasach

smash wrote: »

There's security footage on Twitter of the 2 explosions at the departures gates. That's all the explosions there's been as far as I know.

Reports coming in now that there may have been 3 explosions. NTV is the source i think.

smash

Neamhshuntasach wrote: »

Reports coming in now that there may have been 3 explosions. NTV is the source i think.

I just read they're trying to impose a media gag order until they know exactly what happened.

RobertKK

28 dead 60 injured.

Stheno

RobertKK wrote: »

28 dead 60 injured.

God love them

Mr. Farage

The frequency of these attacks are increasing at a frightening pace.

smash

Death toll now 28

BorneTobyWilde

We should bring back men like in the 40's .
We have pussies leading the world.

getzls

Religion's unlikely to be involved in this.
Christian, Jewish, Hindu.

Religion's likely to be involved in this, Islam.

RobertKK

Mr. Farage wrote: »

The frequency of these attacks are increasing at a frightening pace.

The west should have held their noses and supported the dictators in the Middle East and North Africa.
Bad decisions have come home to roost.

ThisRegard

getzls wrote: »

Religion's unlikely to be involved in this.
Christian, Jewish, Hindu.

Religion's likely to be involved in this, Islam.

You mean religion of people likely to be involved.

stuar

getzls wrote: »

Religion's unlikely to be involved in this.
Christian, Jewish, Hindu.

Religion's likely to be involved in this, Islam.

People seem to forget the vast majority of victims of ISIS are Muslim.

The_Kew_Tour

The sad thing is that it's only matter time before Ireland gets attacked.

Very sad times we live in.

I think since WW2 only 3 days in that whole period has there been no conflict around the world.

Sadly it's always innocent people who majority of loss of life.

Mr. Farage

Reports Ali snackbar shouted just before attack. I'm stunned. I honestly thought it was the Hindu's.

RobertKK

Attackers shouted "Allahu Akbar"

Three suicide bombers with guns were involved. Shot as many as they could before blowing themselves up.

BorneTobyWilde

stuar wrote: »

People seem to forget the vast majority of victims of ISIS are Muslim.

I think he means Muslims are to blame. But that we should not say it.

No doubt westerners were targeted in this attack.