Deadly terror blasts at Istanbul airport
Three suicide bombers blew themselves up rocking one of the world's busiest airports in Istanbul on June 28, 2016, leaving at least 41 dead and wounding more than 270 others.
Here, a mother of a victim reacts outside a forensic medicine building close to Istanbul's airport on June 29, 2016, a day after the attack.
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Three men believed to be the suicide bombers, who attacked Istanbul's Ataturk airport, are seen arriving at the airport in Turkey, June 28, 2016.
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Airport employees attend a ceremony for their friends, who were killed in the June 28 attack, at the international departure terminal in Istanbul, June 30, 2016.
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Airport employees mourn for their colleagues, who were killed in the June 28 attack, during a ceremony at the international departure terminal in Istanbul, June 30, 2016.
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Bullet impacts are visible on a window at Ataturk airport on June 29, 2016, a day after suicide bombings and a gun attack.
One official said attackers detonated explosives at the entrance of the international terminal after police fired at them.
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People carry the coffin of terror victim Mohammad Eymen Demirci on June 29, 2016 in Istanbul during his funeral a day after a suicide bombings and a gun attack targeted Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing 41 people.
Turkey pointed the finger of blame at Islamic State jihadists on June 29 after suicide bombers armed with automatic rifles attacked the airport.
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School children hold candles and placards as they pray during a vigil to show solidarity with the victims of the attack at Turkey's largest airport, in Agartala, India, June 29, 2016.
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Turkish flags, with the control tower in the background, fly at half mast at the country's largest airport, following yesterday's blast in Istanbul, June 29, 2016.
Istanbul's Ataturk Airport was the 11th busiest airport in the world last year, with 61.8 million passengers, according to Airports Council International. It is also one of the fastest-growing airports in the world, seeing 9.2 percent more passengers last year than in 2014.
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Officials walk inside Ataturk airport in Istanbul, following the explosions, June 28, 2016.
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People bury airport taxi driver Mustafa Biyikli, who lost his life in the June 28, 2016 suicide bomb attacks at Ataturk airport, in Istanbul on June 29.
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A relative of a victim of the June 28, 2016 attack at Ataturk airport waits outside Bakirkoy Sadi Konuk Hospital in the early hours of June 29, in Istanbul.
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A wounded girl from the Ataturk airport attack is carried to the Bakirkoy Sadi Konuk Hospital, in the early hours of June 29, 2016 in Istanbul.
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A riot police officer stands guard at the entrance of Ataturk airport in Istanbul, following the suicide bombings early June 29, 2016.
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Passengers embrace outside Ataturk airport's main entrance, June 28, 2016.
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Paramedics help a man in a wheelchair at Ataturk airport, June 28, 2016.
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Forensic experts work next to a covered body outside Ataturk airport, June 28, 2016.
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Children and their relatives embrace as they leave Ataturk airport on June 28, 2016 in Istanbul after two explosions followed by gunfire hit Turkey's biggest airport, killing at least 28 people and injuring 20.
All flights at Istanbul's Ataturk international airport were suspended on June 28, 2016 after the suicide attacks.
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A Saudi tourist who survived the suicide bombings waits for his wounded mother outside the Bakirkoy Sadi Konuk Hospital, in the early hours of June 29, 2016 in Istanbul.
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Paramedics push a stretcher at Turkey's largest airport in Istanbul, June 28, 2016.
Roads around the airport were sealed off for regular traffic after the attack and several ambulances could be seen driving back and forth.
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A weapon is seen on the floor of the airport in Istanbul, June 28, 2016.
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Armed security at Ataturk airport, June 28, 2016.
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Injured people are helped at the entrance of the Ataturk international airport after suicide bombers opened fire before blowing themselves up at the entrance in Istanbul, June 28, 2016.
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Passengers who survived from the suicide bomb attack cry as they leave Ataturk airport, June 28, 2016.
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Paramedics help injured outside Turkey's largest airport, Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey, June 28, 2016.
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An entrance of the Ataturk airport in Istanbul after explosions, June 28, 2016.
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Ambulances arrive at Turkey's largest airport in Istanbul, June 28, 2016.
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An injured person sits in an ambulance outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, June 28, 2016.
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People walk outside Ataturk airport, June 28, 2016.
Hundreds of passengers were spilling out of the airport with their suitcases in hand or stacked onto trolleys. Others were sitting on the grass, their bodies lit by the flashing lights of ambulances and police cars.
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Forensic experts work outside Turkey's largest airport in Istanbul, June 28, 2016.
Taxis were ferrying wounded people from the airport. The private DHA news agency said the wounded, among them police officers, were being transferred to Bakirkoy State Hospital.
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Passengers wait with their luggage outside the Ataturk airport in Istanbul on June 28, 2016.
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A policeman sets up a security perimeter as people leave the airport in Istanbul on June 28, 2016.
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People wait outside the Ataturk airport in Istanbul on June 28, 2016.