Terrorist attack in Istanbul on June 28, 2016

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Istanbul Ataturk Airport, central entrance area, 2007

The terrorist attack in Istanbul on June 28, 2016 was carried out by three suicide bombers in and around Istanbul Ataturk Airport . The Turkish government and terror experts suspect the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) to be behind the attack. A commitment is pending.

Sequence of events

After taking a taxi to the airport, one of the perpetrators shot a Kalashnikov assault rifle around 9:50 p.m. local time (8:50 p.m. CEST ) in the entrance area of ​​the arrivals hall on the ground floor, near the X-ray security checkpoint; a little later he threw several hand grenades into the crowd and detonated another explosive device. ⊙

In the ensuing chaos, a second perpetrator entered the building through the security gate. Surveillance videos show that he was shot by plainclothes police officers in the departure lounge on the upper floor and then detonated an explosive device attached to his body.

The only thing known about the third bomber is that he also detonated a bomb outside the building, probably at the exit to the subway (line M1 ). ⊙

The three assassins died in the attack.

Victim

Most of the victims were of Turkish nationality; 20 people from 10 other countries also died.

Victims by nationality
nationality Killed Injured source
TurkeyTurkey Turkey 23
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 6th
Palastina autonomous areasPalestine Palestine 3
JordanJordan Jordan 3
IraqIraq Iraq 2
IranIran Iran 1 5
UkraineUkraine Ukraine 1 3
TunisiaTunisia Tunisia 1 1
UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan 1
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 1
GermanyGermany Germany 0 1
unknown 2 227
Total 45 235

Perpetrator

According to Turkish investigative authorities, the attackers came from Dagestan , Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan . In the days after the attack, according to the state news agency Anadolu, the police searched houses in several parts of Istanbul and other Turkish cities and arrested 24 people, including nine in Izmir and 15 foreigners. The suspects are said to have financially supported IS and recruited fighters for ISIS jihad .

Ahmed Chatajew , suspected by the Turkish media and the Austrian Ministry of the Interior as the mastermind of the attack, immigrated from Chechnya to Austria in 2003 and was granted asylum there. Nine years later he went underground and rose to become a "leading figure" of the IS terrorist group. Chataev was killed on November 22, 2017 during an anti-terrorist operation by Georgian security forces in Tbilisi .

Reactions

All departures were canceled after the explosions. After 00:10 local time, planes were no longer allowed to land at the airport. Air traffic at the airport has ceased, flights to and from Istanbul have been canceled or diverted. The airport remained closed until the early hours of the morning and then resumed restricted and highly secure operations.

The day before, the US State Department had only updated a travel warning for Turkey, which had been warning against travel to the Iraqi and Syrian border areas since March 2016, and extended it to other Turkish provinces . However, there was no explicit travel warning for Istanbul. After the attack, the US authorities urged greater caution when traveling to Istanbul. The German Foreign Office has also warned against travel to the border area of ​​Turkey with Syria and Iraq. People who want to travel to Istanbul have been advised to exercise greater caution since mid-June 2016.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Attack on Ataturk Airport: Turkish government suspects IS.
  2. ↑ a b Daren Butler, Ayla Jean Yackley et al .: Suspected Islamic State suicide bombers kill 36 at Istanbul airport. In: reuters.com. June 28, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016 .
  3. ^ Report on CNN television on June 28, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Number of terrorist victims rises to 41 ( Memento from June 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Video appears to show Istanbul attacker detonating bomb - CNN Video. Retrieved June 30, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Press report of Turkish state television June 28, 2016
  7. ↑ Press report Kurier.at
  8. ↑ a b After the attack in Istanbul: the number of victims rises to 45
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g Attentat d'Istanbul: 23 Turcs et 13 ressortissants étrangers tués , BFM TV , June 29, 2016
  10. ↑ Istanbul airport attack: Isis behind deaths of at least 41, PM says - as it happened
  11. ^ Jordan condemns Istanbul airport attack
  12. ↑ Ukrainians among victims of terrorist attack in Istanbul , UNIAN (June 29, 2016)
  13. ↑ Інформація про "гарячі лінії" МЗС України та Генконсульства у Стамбулі (оновлюється)
  14. ↑ Attentat d'Istanbul: Un Tunisien parmi les victimes , Webdo.tn, 29 June 2016
  15. ↑ Past destroyed windows and into the plane - ZDF ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (June 29, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heute.de
  16. ↑ The Latest: Death toll in Turkish suicide attack at least 44 . In: metronews.ca . June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 30, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metronews.ca
  17. ^ Ataturk Airport: Assassins came from Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan . Spiegel Online, June 30, 2016.
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  20. ↑ This is the Istanbul suicide bomber . In: Welt Online . January 13, 2016 ( welt.de [accessed June 30, 2016]).
  21. ↑ Istanbul Terror: Trail leads to Austria , Die Presse, June 30, 2016
  22. ↑ Stephan Löwenstein: Attack on the airport: the perpetrators in Istanbul planned hostage-taking . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 1, 2016, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed July 2, 2016]).
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  24. ^ Turkey Travel Warning. (No longer available online.) US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs, March 26, 2016, archived from the original on June 28, 2016 ; Retrieved June 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / travel.state.gov
  25. ^ Crisis in Istanbul. (No longer available online.) US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs, June 28, 2016, archived from the original on June 28, 2016 ; Retrieved June 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / travel.state.gov
  26. ↑ Turkey: Travel and Security Advice. Federal Foreign Office , June 29, 2016, accessed on June 29, 2016 .