At least 28 people were killed and 60 others injured in a terror attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport, Governor Vasip Sahin said early Wednesday, Anadolu reported.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said a terrorist opened fire using an AK-47 assault rifle at the international terminal before detonating a suicide bomb.
Police and medical teams are at the scene and access to and from the airport has been blocked.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim was briefed by Interior Minister Efkan Ala and Sahin and has ordered the formation of a crisis desk.
Huseyin Tombul, who witnessed that attack, said the explosion occurred while he was waiting at the airport’s arrivals Gate A.
He said after the explosion they were sheltered at the garage. "A second explosion happened at the Gate B. My four friends lost their lives. There are lots of wounded," he added.