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PM Modi 'strongly' condemns terrorist attack in Istanbul

| | Jun 30, 2016, at 04:46 am
#Istanbul Attacks # NATO # White House # Turkey PM # Turkey President # Istanbulattack condemned # Islamic State # Atatürk International Airport #Narendra Modi
New Delhi, June 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Istanbul in Turkey which left 41 people killed while over 230 injured.
“Attack in Istanbul is inhuman and horrific. I condemn it strongly. My thoughts are with bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly,” PM Modi said. 
 
Months after Brussels airport witnessed a carnage carried out by militants, similar pictures  were seen in Turkey as a busy airport in Istanbulbecame the newest target of the terrorists as three suicide bombers suspected to be Islamic State members killed 41 people and wounded nearly 230 late on Tuesday.
 
The attack took place in Turkey's  Ataturk airport.
 
Reports said there were screams as the terrorists fired and bombed in one of the busiest airports of the world and third busiest in Europe.
 
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said militant group ISIS is suspected to be behind the attack.
 
The prime minister was quoted as saying that three attackers arrived in the airport on a taxi cab and also used guns during the attack.
 
He said the three men exploded themselves, adding "this attack, targeting innocent people is a vile, planned terrorist act." The terrorists opened fire in the departures hall too as people ran for cover. 
 
Faced with terrorism on its soil, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack should be seen as a turning point in the global fight against terrorism.
 
"The bombs that exploded in Istanbul today could have gone off at any airport in any city around the world," he said, quoted BBC.
 

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