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22 suspected IS members detained following attack at Istanbul airport

Source:Xinhua   2016-06-30 18:31:45

ISTANBUL, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-two suspected Islamic State (IS) militants were detained on Thursday following a terror attack on Tuesday at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport.

The suspects were detained following operations in Istanbul and Turkey's western city of Izmir after the attack which has killed 42 people thus far.

Police undertook simultaneous operations in 16 different localities throughout Istanbul, detaining 13 suspected IS members, including three foreigners, the daily Hurriyet reported.

In Izmir, counterterrorism teams detained at least nine suspects, according to the report.

The report also said that authorities have identified one of the three suicide bombers as Osman Vadinov, a Russian national with Chechen origins.

On Tuesday evening, three attackers fired at crowds in Ataturk airport then detonated their explosive vests, killing 41 people including 12 foreigners and injuring 239 others.

The death toll has now risen to 42 as a woman succumbed to her injuries in hospital, according to Turkish media reports.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the IS was behind the attack, though no group has so far claimed responsibility.

Editor: chenwen
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22 suspected IS members detained following attack at Istanbul airport

Source:Xinhua 2016-06-30 18:31:45
[Editor: chenwen]

ISTANBUL, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-two suspected Islamic State (IS) militants were detained on Thursday following a terror attack on Tuesday at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport.

The suspects were detained following operations in Istanbul and Turkey's western city of Izmir after the attack which has killed 42 people thus far.

Police undertook simultaneous operations in 16 different localities throughout Istanbul, detaining 13 suspected IS members, including three foreigners, the daily Hurriyet reported.

In Izmir, counterterrorism teams detained at least nine suspects, according to the report.

The report also said that authorities have identified one of the three suicide bombers as Osman Vadinov, a Russian national with Chechen origins.

On Tuesday evening, three attackers fired at crowds in Ataturk airport then detonated their explosive vests, killing 41 people including 12 foreigners and injuring 239 others.

The death toll has now risen to 42 as a woman succumbed to her injuries in hospital, according to Turkish media reports.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the IS was behind the attack, though no group has so far claimed responsibility.

[Editor: chenwen]
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