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[Blueliner]

Apparently one of the most secure airports in the world. Horrible news.

According to reports, there are 4 of the terrorists at large.

 

[LNBL]

According to some sources its hinting towards Isis, who said they'd attack more places during Ramadan. Fucking pigs, calling themselves muslims during a holy month and fucking killing people. So infuriating

 

[Jag]

According to some sources its hinting towards Isis, who said they'd attack more places during Ramadan. Fucking pigs, calling themselves muslims during a holy month and fucking killing people. So infuriating

Local police are blaming ISIS. Nothing concrete, but fits their pattern.

Turkey officials are telling people to be careful since there is a possibility of more attacks.

Also

"The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says it is increasing security at New York City airports after the attack at Istanbul's international airport." Source: http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/tags/tag/id/1729/

 

[Durden77]

I wonder why he didn't kill him with his gun instead. Running away is probably the natural reaction in such an extreme situation.

This piece of shit probably got some satisfaction out of blowing himself up.

Police don't usually shoot to kill people that are downed. Or at least aren't supposed to in most situations. Especially considering he shot the terrorist as he came around the corner and the situation was hectic. He walks up to the terrorist with his gun drawn, probably assessing the situation. Once he realized he was strapped, there's only about 1 good decision he could've made there and he made it.

AKA, pretty much handled it exactly as he should've, and undoubtedly saved countless lives in the process.

 

[jmdajr]

28 dead. 60 injured according to Faux News.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Apparently one of the most secure airports in the world. Horrible news.

According to reports, there are 4 of the terrorists at large.

I believe they attacked at security. The problem with fortification is a lot of the times you have create a new target in the process.

Places like ben gurion have increasing levels of security I believe to prevent something like this. Cars and vehicles go through a checkpoint before they even get close so they would only hurt those in that area, not in the terminal.

It takes a fundamental redesigning of airports and how they think of security though

 

[Breakage]

NSFW Video:

Turkish Police at the airport shoots one of the terrorists, while the terrorists is down he detonates his suicide vest.

This Police is a fucking hero.

https://twitter.com/sco1905/status/747902680220205056

Man, that is terrifying. The way he just detonates.

 

[Frustrated_me]

Current unconfirmed reports are that 4 assailants are still at large

 

[Blueliner]

Current unconfirmed reports are that 4 assailants are still at large

Yes I've heard this as well. 7 terrorist total.

We don't have the total numbers I'm sure, but with 7 of them, it sounds like this could of been a lot worse.

 

[tiebreaker]

Istanbul is being hit too often ..... Stay strong

 

[Breads]

28 dead. 60 injured according to Faux News.

Oh god no... that's horrible.

 

[m_shortpants]

Fucking cowards did this. Just heard the toll rose to 28 killed.

 

[Blueliner]

According to Al-Monitor reporter Metin Gurcan, an ISIS-inspired but a Turkish terrorist cell with central Asian members is responsible for the airport attack. He also supports Abdulkadir Selvi's claim that there were 7 perpetrators, and adds that 1 of them is captured alive.

Update.

 

[GK86]

RIP to the victims. Fuck these assholes.

 

[Piano]

Shit, I'm connecting through there in a couple of days.
I hope the death toll doesn't keep climbing. Turkey was a beautiful place when I visited.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

NSFW Video:

Turkish Police at the airport shoots one of the terrorists, while the terrorists is down he detonates his suicide vest.

This Police is a fucking hero.

https://twitter.com/sco1905/status/747902680220205056

That's a hero.

 

[darkinstinct]

ISIS or PKK

could be PKK since most of these attacks recently have been them

PKK targets police officers and soldiers. This is most definitely IS.

 

[GK86]

The Associated Press ‏@AP

BREAKING: Senior Turkish official says nearly 50 people killed in attack at Istanbul's airport.

The Associated Press ‏@AP

BREAKING: Senior Turkish official says initial indications suggest Islamic State group is behind airport attack.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

NSFW Video:

Turkish Police at the airport shoots one of the terrorists, while the terrorists is down he detonates his suicide vest.

This Police is a fucking hero.

https://twitter.com/sco1905/status/747902680220205056

I can't tell what's happening in this video

 

[GHG]

So sad to see the death toll keeps on rising.

Hopefully they get as much information possible from the guy they captured. They need to find out what he knows through any means possible. Fuckers.

 

[jstripes]

I can't tell what's happening in this video

Terrorist shitbag is running towards a crowd of people he wants to kill. Brave cop shoots him down, checks him out, and runs. Terrorist blows himself up.

 

[nynt9]

PKK targets police officers and soldiers. This is most definitely IS.

That's not necessarily true. PKK and its offshoots also target civilians. This is a common misconception.

But this seems to be Isis.

Edit: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/2011831135154436928.html

 

[Captain Zyrain]

I can't tell what's happening in this video

The terrorist runs around the corner, gets shot by the police officer, and then the officer looks him over and books it. Then the terrorist explodes himself.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Terrorist shitbag is running towards a crowd of people he wants to kill. Brave cop shoots him down, checks him out, and runs. Terrorist blows himself up.

Jesus

 

[xxracerxx]

Holy fuck, what a terrible thing.

 

[darkinstinct]

The terrorist runs around the corner, gets shot by the police officer, and then the officer looks him over and books it. Then the terrorist explodes himself.

With body parts raining down. Do not watch if you can't handle that, it's seriously disturbing.

 

[ElTorro]

The Associated Press ‏@AP

BREAKING: Senior Turkish official says nearly 50 people killed in attack at Istanbul's airport.

The Associated Press ‏@AP

BREAKING: Senior Turkish official says initial indications suggest Islamic State group is behind airport attack.

50 people, Jesus.

 

[Marky Mark]

With body parts raining down. Do not watch if you can't handle that, it's seriously disturbing.

Thanks. You're the only one to give that kind of information so I'll refrain, I guess everyone else is used to seeing graphic footage on the internet so it was probably no thing to them.

 

[Lakitu]

Fucking hell, terrible All those lives lost for nothing. Fuck ISIS.

 

[Tom Nook]

Fuck.......

Awful....

 

[nynt9]

From Twitter:

Spoiler

shoutouts to "PKK don't attack civilians" guy

 

[Breakage]

Considering the international nature of the airport,magnitude of attack and high body count, this should be all over the news yet it isn't here in the UK.

If it was an airport in Paris with the same death toll, coverage would be non-stop. The disparity really makes you think.

 

[Betty]

Darkest before the dawn and all, isis are dying and they know it.

 

[sflufan]

Considering the international nature of the airport,magnitude of attack and high body count, this should be all over the news yet it isn't here in the UK.

All US media has this as the top story.

 

[nynt9]

Considering the international nature of the airport,magnitude of attack and high body count, this should be all over the news yet it isn't here in the UK.

If it was an airport in Paris same death toll, the coverage would be non-stop.
The disparity in coverage really makes you think.

Yeah, due to Turkish Airlines's relatively affordable flights to many major cities all across the world being centered in Istanbul, it's a hub for international travel. But Eurocentrism dictates that Turkish people don't get as much attention unfortunately.

 

[IISANDERII]

No more news yet.

German source:
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausla...d-schuesse-an-atatuerk-airport-a-1100333.html

English source, thanks to NateDrake:
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/747871754039791616



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...ng&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Your link to BBC says 28 dead, not 40 wtf

 

[TheRealTalker]

There's no reason to believe the Ankara or Suruc bombings were done by the PKK. The terrorists responsible for both attacks were linked to ISIS. The PKK doesn't really target civilians anymore, guerrilla bombings are more their speed.

PKK targets police officers and soldiers. This is most definitely IS.

well I guess it is ISIS

 

[sflufan]

Your link to BBC says 28 dead, not 40 wtf

The BBC link is hours old. The death toll is nearly 50.

 

[Powwa]

PKK targets police officers and soldiers. This is most definitely IS.

PKK definitely targets civilians as well, I don't know where does people gets these kind of information.

I'm so frustrated by these attacks, these terrorist scums of the earth causing innocent people die shouldn't exist. Condolences to those who've lost a family member/loved ones.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

Terrible news once again.

It never ceases to horrify me that you can radicalize people to the point where they're willing to massacre innocents. Every time I see something like this it's just deeply shocking that people are capable of it.

RIP to all those poor victims. I hope the death toll stops rising. And I hope they catch the rest of those terrorist dipshits who are apparently still at large.

 

[Breakage]

All US media has this as the top story.

Watching Sky news at the moment and they are doing a preview of tomorrow's newspapers.
This would be not happening had it been a European city.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Considering the international nature of the airport,magnitude of attack and high body count, this should be all over the news yet it isn't here in the UK.

If it was an airport in Paris with the same death toll, coverage would be non-stop. The disparity really makes you think.

Yea it sucks...

This has the stink of ISIS all over it. Stay say Turkey-GAF

 

[Nemesis121]

NSFW Video:

Turkish Police at the airport shoots one of the terrorists, while the terrorists is down he detonates his suicide vest.

This Police is a fucking hero.

https://twitter.com/sco1905/status/747902680220205056

Curiosity got the better of me, not watching another video posted in this thread...


RIP to all the innocent victims..

 

[arevin01]

It hasn't even been a full year yet, but Turkey has been hit a lot by terrorists.

 

[Erevador]

Darkest before the dawn and all, isis are dying and they know it.

A comforting thought. If only it were true.

We are very far from dawn.

 

[Ashodin]

Over 50 dead. RIP

 

[m_shortpants]

Terrible news once again.

It never ceases to horrify me that you can radicalize people to the point where they're willing to massacre innocents. Every time I see something like this it's just deeply shocking that people are capable of it.

RIP to all those poor victims. I hope the death toll stops rising. And I hope they catch the rest of those terrorist dipshits who are apparently still at large.

If it's PKK or a Kurdish group it's not even radical religion, but politics.

Humans can do shitty things for any cause.

 

[Mimosa97]

Yeah, due to Turkish Airlines's relatively affordable flights to many major cities all across the world being centered in Istanbul, it's a hub for international travel. But Eurocentrism dictates that Turkish people don't get as much attention unfortunately.

Has nothing to do with Turkey specifically. The general rule is that when radical islamic terrorists kill innocent muslims it's " okay ". They're just killing " their own ". No big deal right ?

It's when they kill non-muslims that the medias and politicians go crazy.

 

[RoadHazard]

Fuck these animals. There's so much pure evil in the world, it's so sad and infuriating.

 

[patapuf]

Yeah, due to Turkish Airlines's relatively affordable flights to many major cities all across the world being centered in Istanbul, it's a hub for international travel. But Eurocentrism dictates that Turkish people don't get as much attention unfortunately.

Eh, i've looked on the big newspaper sites in french german and english and it's the top story everywhere safe for some brexit stuff in the UK.

This is not getting ignored.