Istanbul Airport suspected ISISbombers were Uzbek, Russian,Kyrgyz - Turkish official

Three suspected Islamic State (ISIS) suicide
bombers who killed 43 people in a gun and
bomb attack at Istanbul's main airport this week
were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, a
Turkish government official said on Thursday
June 30.
The suicide bombers opened fire to create panic
outside, before two of them got inside the
terminal building and blew themselves up. The
third detonated his explosives at the entrance.
At least 239 people were wounded in the attack.

According to Reuters, the Turkey official who
confirmed the terrorists' nationalities, declined to
be named because details of the investigation
have not yet been released. Forensics teams
had been struggling to identify the bombers from
their limited remains, officials said earlier.
"A medical team is working around the
clock to conclude the identification
process," one of the officials said.
Interior Minister Efkan Ala told parliament that
evidence continued to point to ISIS responsibility
and that the death toll had risen to 43, of whom
19 were foreigners. Ala said the identity and
nationality of one of the bombers had been
determined but did not comment further.
The pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper said
the Russian bomber was from Dagestan, which
borders Chechnya. Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper
named him as Osman Vadinov and said he had
come from Raqqa, the heart of Islamic State-
controlled territory in Syria.
The Russian interior ministry said it was
checking information about Vadinov. A
spokesman for Kyrgyzstan's state security
service said it was investigating, while the Uzbek
security service had no immediate comment.
Source: Reuters