More than 40 people have been killed and 147 have been injured in attacks at Ataturk International Airport, Istanbul’s largest airport.
Here is what we know:
– Three bombers targeted the international terminal of the airport.
– The attackers detonated their suicide vests after police opened fire on them.
– The death toll includes 23 Turks and 18 foreigners. At least five were from Saudi Arabia.
– The attackers arrived in a taxi before the attack and there was no lapse in airport security, according to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
– CCTV video from the airport appears to shows one of the attackers detonating his vest after being shot.
– The U.S. Embassy in Turkey has issued a travel warning for the country.
– Turkey has recently suffered a spate of suicide attacks in Istanbul and Ankara.
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What we don’t know:
– No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, although the Turkish government believes the Islamic State was behind the attack.
– Nationalities of all of the victims.
– The identities of the attackers.
(c) 2016, The Washington Post ยท Jennifer Amur, Julie Vitkovskaya
