Ten killed, many wounded in suicide attack at Istanbul airport

Two suicide bombers opened fire before blowing themselves up at the entrance to the main international airport in Istanbul on Tuesday (June 28), killing at least 10 people and wounding many more, Turkish officials and witnesses said.

Police fired shots to try to stop the attackers just before they reached a security checkpoint at the arrivals hall of the Ataturk airport but they blew themselves up, one of the officials said.

Speaking in parliament, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said that based on initial information he could only confirm there had been one attacker. He said 10 people were killed and around 20 wounded.

The state-run Anadolu agency said around 60 people were wounded, six of them seriously.

There was no immediate claim of responsbility for the attack.