Officials give nationalities of Istanbul airport bombers

Istanbul attack

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ A senior Turkish official says the three suicide attackers who carried out the deadly attack on Istanbul’s main airport were nationals of Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Tuesday’s gunfire and suicide bombing attack at Ataturk Airport killed 42 people and wounded more than 230 others.

Police in Turkey have conducted simultaneous raids on 16 locations in Istanbul, rounding up 13 people suspected of involvement in Tuesday’s deadly attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport.

The Islamic State group is the prime suspect.   A senior official says three foreigners are among the suspects detained.

 

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