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Turkey identifies majority of Istanbul airport attack victims

Türkiye Materials 29 June 2016 14:25 (UTC +04:00)
Turkey has established the identities of the majority of those killed in the terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport.
Turkey identifies majority of Istanbul airport attack victims

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 29

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Turkey has established the identities of the majority of those killed in the terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport, the Haber 7 newspaper reports.

Among those killed, 23 people were Turks, five Saudis, two Iraqis, a Tunisian, an Uzbek, an Iranian, a Jordanian and a Ukrainian.

Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport came under a terrorist attack June 28.

Thirty-six people were killed, and 147 were wounded in the attack.

The “Islamic State” (IS, ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) terrorist group stands behind the attack, according to preliminary reports.

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