Tuesday\u2019s carnage<\/a> <\/span>, \u201cthe evidence points to Daesh,\u201d Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told journalists at the scene, using another name for the jihadists.<\/p>\nHe said the dead included foreigners, but gave no further details.<\/p>\n
The attack prompted the suspension of all flights at the airport — one of Europe\u2019s busiest hubs — although Yildirim said traffic would resume at 3:00 am Wednesday (0000 GMT).<\/p>\n
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for an international \u201cjoint fight\u201d against terror, as Western allies including the United States condemned the \u201cheinous\u201d attack.<\/p>\n
Yildirim said the suicide bombers had arrived in a taxi and opened fire on passengers with automatic rifles before blowing themselves up.<\/p>\n
Security camera footage widely circulated on social media appeared to capture two of the blasts. In one clip a huge ball of flame erupts at an entrance to the terminal building, scattering terrified passengers.<\/p>\n
Another video shows a black-clad attacker running inside the building before collapsing to the ground — apparently felled by a police bullet — and blowing himself up.<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s attack follows coordinated IS suicide bombings at Brussels airport and a city metro station in March that left 32 people dead.<\/p>\n
\u2018I can\u2019t find my sister\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
An AFP photographer saw bodies covered with sheets at the terminal, which bore heavy damage from the blasts.<\/p>\n
Bullet holes peppered the windows and shattered glass lay on the floor, while abandoned luggage was scattered everywhere.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of police and firefighters including forensic officers were at the scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomebody came and shot at us and then my sister was running,\u201d Otfah Mohamed Abdullah told AFP.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know which way she was running and after that I was falling down. I was on the ground till he finished… I can\u2019t find my sister.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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