Victims of the Istanbul airport terror attack were rushed to the hospital. (Credit: BBC)
The death count in the Istanbul Ataturk airport terrorist attack has climbed to 41, with more than 230 injured, but port officials reopened partial operations Wednesday.
About a third of schedule flights have been canceled, however, and several others delayed, the Hindu reported.
Meanwhile, authorities are still dealing with the carnage. The death count through the evening rose to 41, with an estimated 230 injured – though those numbers could change, officials warned.
And investigators say: The assault, committed by three attackers who came by taxi to the port and open fired on people at the terminal entrance, is looking more and more like an ISIS operation. The men, facing return fire from police, then blew themselves up, as WND previously reported. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said all signs point to ISIS, though intelligence officials are still investigating and the terror group has yet to claim responsibility. As BBC reported, other recent bombings have been committed by ISIS, but also by Kurdish separatists. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, for instance, has been waging concerted war against the government for taking part in the U.S.-led fight against ISIS.
BBC also said: “The lack of any immediate claim for this attack by so-called Islamic State [ISIS] is not surprising. IS[IS] rarely, if ever, claims responsibility for attacks against the Turkish state, yet it is quick to advertise its assassinations of Syrian activists inside Turkey. … [Yet] IS[IS] is targeting Turkey because it sees its government as being un-Islamic and too close to its Western allies in NATO.”
A senior U.S. intelligence official who wanted to remain unnamed told NBC News the attack fits the ISIS profile, as well.
Istanbul’s governor, who confirmed the death toll had risen to 41, an estimated 13 or so of whom were foreigners and dual nations, also said more than 100 of the 230 injured were already treated and released from nearby hospitals. Meanwhile, the calls for blood donations continued.
“Peoplee were wounded, people fell down in front of me,” said one airport worker, Hacer Peksen, to the Associated Press. “They were torn to pieces.”
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