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Explosions and gunfire at Istanbul airport

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  • #32
    Neamhshuntasach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭Neamhshuntasach


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

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


  • #33
    Manutd_4life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,858 ✭✭✭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


  • #34
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #35
    P_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1



    Moment of detonation seemingly caught on CCTV.

    POTENTIALLY GRAPHIC


  • #36
    P_1
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    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.


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  • #37
    Neamhshuntasach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,205 ✭✭✭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.


  • #38
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,808 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #39
    RobertKK
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    28 dead 60 injured.


  • #40
    Stheno
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    28 dead 60 injured.

    God love them :(


  • #41
    Mr. Farage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Mr. Farage


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


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  • #42
    smash
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    Death toll now 28


  • #43
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,565 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


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


  • #44
    getzls
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 806 ✭✭✭getzls


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

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


  • #45
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #46
    ThisRegard
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    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.


  • #47
    stuar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭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.


  • #48
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 36,031 ✭✭✭✭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.

    EVENFLOW



  • #49
    Mr. Farage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Mr. Farage


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


  • #50
    RobertKK
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    Attackers shouted "Allahu Akbar"

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


  • #51
    BorneTobyWilde
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    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.


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  • #52
    Severard
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    One suicide bomber was shot by a police officer before he could get near enough civilians, his vest detonated with no one near enough to get injured. At least that is some good news.


  • #53
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


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

    No doubt westerners were targeted in this attack.

    Obama has problems saying it, Hillary Clinton has to be forced to admit it.

    It is like they think everyone is so stupid not to know the difference between an extremist Muslim and a peaceful Muslim.


  • #54
    Mr. Farage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Mr. Farage


    RobertKK wrote: »
    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.

    Yeap. And yet knobs the world over including our own state broadcaster celebrated the fall of Saddam and Gaddafi. These men held the flood gates shut from these savages for the rest of the world and especially the middle east region.


  • #55
    The_Kew_Tour
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    The sad and disgusting thing is many innocent Muslims are disgusted by these attacks. But they need do more.

    I mean it's once every 2 months nearly at this stage

    EVENFLOW



  • #56
    smash
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    Severard wrote: »
    One suicide bomber was shot by a police officer before he could get near enough civilians, his vest detonated with no one near enough to get injured. At least that is some good news.

    Varying reports. One source said that one opened fire to hold police back while two got in and detonated at the gates.


  • #57
    Mr. Farage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 190 ✭✭Mr. Farage


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    The sad and disgusting thing is many innocent Muslims are disgusted by these attacks. But they need do more.

    I mean it's once every 2 months nearly at this stage

    They need to do a hell of a lot more. What the f u ck is one the richest counties in the world Saudi doing about it? SFA that's what. And unfortunately it's a lot more frequent than every couple of months.


  • #58
    Gringo180
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    BorneTobyWilde wrote: »
    We should bring back men like in the 40's .
    We have pussies leading the world.

    Like men that drop nuclear bombs on hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians? Yeah real brave men alright!


  • #59
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,744 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    Religion can fcuk right off.


  • #60
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Mr. Farage wrote: »
    Yeap. And yet knobs the world over including our own state broadcaster celebrated the fall of Saddam and Gaddafi. These men held the flood gates shut from these savages for the rest of the world and especially the middle east region.

    Gaddafi had argued it was terrorists in Benghazi. His haters turned it into he was going to massacre Benghazi.
    Look at Fallujah in recent weeks, that is the problem Gaddafi was going to take on in Benghazi, extremists, no coincidence the US ambassador along with his staff were murdered there.

    Now they are fighting thousands of ISIS members in Libya and many more in Iraq.


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  • #61
    RobertKK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,782 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Mr. Farage wrote: »
    They need to do a hell of a lot more. What the f u ck is one the richest counties in the world Saudi doing about it? SFA that's what. And unfortunately it's a lot more frequent than every couple of months.

    Sponsoring it.


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