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| 13 people, including 3 foreigners, detained over Istanbul airport attack – reports | 13 people, including 3 foreigners, detained over Istanbul airport attack – reports |
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| Turkish police have detained 13 people, including up to three foreign nationals, suspected of being linked to the triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport that killed 41 people and injured 239, Turkish NTV news outlet reports. | Turkish police have detained 13 people, including up to three foreign nationals, suspected of being linked to the triple suicide bombing at Istanbul’s Ataturk international airport that killed 41 people and injured 239, Turkish NTV news outlet reports. |
| The police simultaneously raided 16 separate places in Istanbul, detaining 14 suspects, including three foreigners, Reuters cited a Turkish official as saying on Thursday. | The police simultaneously raided 16 separate places in Istanbul, detaining 14 suspects, including three foreigners, Reuters cited a Turkish official as saying on Thursday. |
| LIVE UPDATES: ISIS-suspected blasts rock Istanbul’s largest airport | LIVE UPDATES: ISIS-suspected blasts rock Istanbul’s largest airport |
| According to Reuters, Turkish security services believe that at least one of the suspected Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) suicide bombers may have been a foreigner. | According to Reuters, Turkish security services believe that at least one of the suspected Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) suicide bombers may have been a foreigner. |
| “We’re looking into the possibility of foreigners being involved. It is likely that at least one of them is a foreigner, but the investigation is still underway,” the agency quotes a security source as saying. | “We’re looking into the possibility of foreigners being involved. It is likely that at least one of them is a foreigner, but the investigation is still underway,” the agency quotes a security source as saying. |
| CCTV images had emerged earlier of the two suspects believed to have carried out the deadly Istanbul airport bombing. Footage from security cameras shows one of the men walking through the arrivals terminal at the Ataturk airport dressed in black and holding an assault rifle. | CCTV images had emerged earlier of the two suspects believed to have carried out the deadly Istanbul airport bombing. Footage from security cameras shows one of the men walking through the arrivals terminal at the Ataturk airport dressed in black and holding an assault rifle. |
| The second shows a man wearing a vest and jeans entering the terminal prior to the attack. | The second shows a man wearing a vest and jeans entering the terminal prior to the attack. |
| A Chechen man could be among the attackers that detonated suicide belts at Istanbul’s international airport, local broadcaster Haberturk reported on Thursday, citing sources in anti-terrorism and security services. | A Chechen man could be among the attackers that detonated suicide belts at Istanbul’s international airport, local broadcaster Haberturk reported on Thursday, citing sources in anti-terrorism and security services. |
| The suspect allegedly arrived in Istanbul 32 days ago and rented an apartment under a 1-year contract, providing a Russian passport as identification, according to Haberturk. | The suspect allegedly arrived in Istanbul 32 days ago and rented an apartment under a 1-year contract, providing a Russian passport as identification, according to Haberturk. |
| According to Hurriyet daily, the Chechen suspect, who is named Osman Vadinov, came to Turkey in 2015 from the Syrian city of Raqqa, which is currently held by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). | |
| A taxi driver named Mahmut Bagis, who allegedly took the three terrorists to the terminal, told the newspaper that they had been speaking a foreign language which he did not understand. |