A child leans on the coffin of his uncle, suicide attack victim Hamidullah Safar on June 30, 2016 in Istanbulduring his funeral two days after a suicide bombing and gun attack targeted Istanbul's airport, killing at least 43 people. (Xinhua/AFP)
ANKARA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a suspected Islamic State (IS) attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport has risen to 43, Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala said Thursday.
Ala said 19 of the victims were foreign nationals, and that the evidences pointed to the IS as behind the attack.
More than 200 people were injured in the gun and bombing attack.
Local media outlets reported earlier that a Turkish official has said that the three suicide bombers who carried out the attack on Tuesday were of Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals.
A total of 13 suspects, including three foreigners, were detained early Thursday in raids on 16 addresses in Istanbul, reports said.
In the western city of Izmir, counterterrorism teams detained at least nine suspects, the daily Hurriyet reported.
