UPDATED 9:45 AM EDT: Revised reports put the number killed at 41 and the number injured at 239.
UPDATED JULY 29, 2016, 3:48 AM EDT: The most recent reports from
Istanbul estimate 36 dead and 147 injured as the crisis at Ataturk
Airport turns to the recovery effort. Turkish Prime Minister Binali
Yildirim said that signs point to an ISIS terror effort, in which three
suicide bombers set off explosions in and around the airport. Ataturk
airport has re-opened with intensified security. Flights between the
United States to Istanbul have resumed.
UPDATED 7:24 PM EDT: An official who spoke to the Associated Press put
the death toll from the suicide bomber attack on Istanbul's Ataturk
airport at nearly 50, with more injured.
UPDATED 5:32 PM EDT: New reports state 28 dead and more than 60 injured
in the suicide bombing attacks at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport Tuesday
evening.
Explosions at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul killed 10 people and
injured 20 Tuesday evening, according to early reports. Turkish
officials said two suicide bombers detonated outside the airport
building—one on the pavement outside the terminal and the other next to a
security gate at the entrance to the building. Turkey has suffered
several attacks over the past year from both ISIS and Kurdish militant
bombing campaigns. At this time, neither ISIS nor the Kurdistan Worker’s
Party has claimed responsibility for the airport attack.