the end of June 2016 saw chaos and
terror at one of the world’s busiest
airports this footage today of these
multiple suicide bombers getting
apparently shot by police and then
detonating their suicide vests inside
the airport welcome to watchmojo your
radar turkish president type ad one
vowed they would not be defied by
terrorism in this installment we’re
counting down 10 crucial facts you
should know about the Istanbul Airport
attack it is the home airport that Isis
uses to get its people in and out of
Syria number 10 what happened at the
Istanbul Airport on jun 28 2016 shortly
before 10 p.m. local time a group of
gunmen armed with explosives entered
Ataturk Airport in Istanbul Turkey as
part of an organized terror attack
reports indicate that there were three
attackers in total at least two of which
blew themselves up shortly after opening
fire on passengers and people at the
airports international terminal 2
building it’s presumed that the third
was shot by security before he could
self detonate though his explosive belt
did go off after there were hundreds of
people inside the building at the time
of the attack 45 people not including
the attackers were killed and almost 240
injured no planes were damaged as part
of the attack number nine who is
responsible for the attack details
regarding the attackers were slow to
come to light but the massacre was
quickly linked to Isis although the
group had yet to claim responsibility
itself as of the beginning of july
according to reports two of the three
perpetrators have been named as rakim
vulgar off and vadim osman off and the
trio had lived together in a home in
istanbul for several weeks however the
attackers are believed to be foreign
nationals from Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan and
Russia Turkish officials are said to
have strong evidence that the men
traveled from the ISIS stronghold of
raka in Syria and that senior Isis
leadership may have been involved in
planning the attack number 8 who were
the victims the total death toll rose to
45 on july second when it
was confirmed that a Jordanian child had
died in hospital after the attack also
among the Dead was oom of sokoto bloom a
customs officer who shot one of the
attackers before stopping to check the
gunman’s condition and being caught up
in a suicide detonation ataturk airport
terminal 2 is an international terminal
at least 24 of the victims were Turkish
3 Saudi Arabian and two Iraqi
Palestinian officials also report that a
Palestinian mother and her son were
killed and there were other victims from
China Tunisia Iran whose Becca Stan and
the Ukraine number seven how has the
international community responded at
least 80 countries officially condemned
the attacks and expressed support for
Turkey several important structures
around the world were also lit up with
the colors of the Turkish flag and the
hashtag pray for Turkey was trending on
social media as a show of solidarity
however many analysts have criticized
the International reaction to the events
as significantly more muted than that
for other recent attacks turkeys
president Recep type air dhawan
highlighted in a written statement that
the attacks could have happened anywhere
saying the terrorists see no difference
between quote Istanbul and London Ankara
and Berlin East mayor and chicago yet
critics have pointed out that what
happened in Turkey appeared to receive
much less coverage and concern compared
to recent attacks on Western soil number
six how does this compare to other
recent terror attacks around the world
in the first half of 2016 alone major
terror attacks have included a suicide
truck bomb killing 60 people in Libya on
January seventh major blasts in Iraq
killing at least 100 on January 11th and
the bombing and shooting in Brussels on
march 22nd which saw 32 died on April
21st at least 250 women were shot in
iraq on june twelfth 49 died in the
pulse nightclub shooting in orlando
florida july second and third saw
bombings in baghdad that reportedly
killed around 125 people all of these
attacks have since been linked to or
claimed by Isis
and there have been many more incidents
across the world in 2016 with numerous
other attacks taking place in Iraq and
Syria in particular suicide bombings gun
massacres and car bombs are reported on
almost a daily basis although they are
rarer in the West the international
threat remains number five what was
Turkey’s response in the aftermath of
the attack Turkish officials carried out
a series of raids in an attempt to learn
more about the perpetrators and to try
and capture accomplices dawn raids on
Isis suspects in Istanbul and in the
Aegean coast city of Izmir saw 16 people
detained on Thursday june thirtieth
including three foreign nationals
Turkish police also carried out an
investigation on the attackers apartment
collecting digital data and documents
relating to the attacks as audit or keys
one of turkey’s key airports and the
third busiest in Europe there has been
mounting pressure from within the
country to tackle terrorism more
aggressively President air Duan called
for national and international unity to
combat the threat number four how else
has turkey been affected by terror
unfortunately the Istanbul Airport
attack is just the latest in a series of
similar acts of terrorism in Turkey in
2016 a suicide bombing in the city in
January saw 13 people killed 29 died and
60 were injured in February in a bombing
in Ankara 37 people were killed and over
125 injured in another Ankara bombing in
March Isis has also mounted a series of
rocket attacks on Turkey in 2016 focused
on the city of killas close to the
Syrian border over 70 Rockets have been
fired killing 20 civilians Kilis a city
of over 100,000 people is an especially
dangerous target because it’s located so
close to the ISIS occupied Syrian al-bab
district the city has also been put
under extra pressure as its population
has more than doubled with the Syrian
migrant crisis number three what does
this mean for European Middle Eastern
relation
Turkey and Istanbul in particular has
long been thought of as a meeting place
between the east and the west and with
turkeys continuing efforts to become
part of the EU the country serves as a
gateway between cultures however it’s
close proximity to Syria and the Middle
East poses a diplomatic problem with
terror groups including Isis allegedly
entering Europe through its borders
tension mounts on the continent as
Europe continues to see violet terror
attacks like this or Brussels or Paris
in November 2015 the migrant crisis is
also ongoing with thousands of refugees
fleeing war torn countries in general
European Middle Eastern relations are
extremely strained and the audit or
terrorist attack is another frightening
instance of the threat that exists
number two what does this mean for
Turkish security Turkey has already
scaled back on previously relaxed open
border policies in an attempt to improve
national security but the country is
fighting a war on two fronts while Isis
continues to pose massive problems on
the Syrian border priority has
historically been given to the fight
against the Kurdish insurgents PKK in
the southeast according to analysts it’s
for that reason that Isis doesn’t
usually lay official claim to attacks in
Turkey so as to keep Turkish attention
divided there is also the major problem
that turkey still has yet to establish a
clear definition as to what Isis
actually is in a legal sense as a result
the group has established deep and
troubling networks in the country number
one how will these attacks affect the
world in the long term the audit orc
airport attack is a further reminder of
the constant threat of terrorism and
religious extremism in Europe and in
international society coming just weeks
after the Orlando nightclub shooting and
days before massive car bombings in
baghdad it’s clear that turkey’s plight
is the whole world’s problem Isis and
similar organizations are set to
continue staging similar attacks and
target nations are striving to improve
security measures and
is to retaliate for now onlookers should
remember what happened in Istanbul akin
to Paris Brussels London New York and
countless other cities the long-term
effects may be unknown but in the short
term solidarity is key did these facts
get you thinking to vote for which new
story is covered next head over to
watchmojo.com / suggests and be sure to
hit that subscribe button for more
newsworthy top 10s published every week
you
terror at one of the world’s busiest
airports this footage today of these
multiple suicide bombers getting
apparently shot by police and then
detonating their suicide vests inside
the airport welcome to watchmojo your
radar turkish president type ad one
vowed they would not be defied by
terrorism in this installment we’re
counting down 10 crucial facts you
should know about the Istanbul Airport
attack it is the home airport that Isis
uses to get its people in and out of
Syria number 10 what happened at the
Istanbul Airport on jun 28 2016 shortly
before 10 p.m. local time a group of
gunmen armed with explosives entered
Ataturk Airport in Istanbul Turkey as
part of an organized terror attack
reports indicate that there were three
attackers in total at least two of which
blew themselves up shortly after opening
fire on passengers and people at the
airports international terminal 2
building it’s presumed that the third
was shot by security before he could
self detonate though his explosive belt
did go off after there were hundreds of
people inside the building at the time
of the attack 45 people not including
the attackers were killed and almost 240
injured no planes were damaged as part
of the attack number nine who is
responsible for the attack details
regarding the attackers were slow to
come to light but the massacre was
quickly linked to Isis although the
group had yet to claim responsibility
itself as of the beginning of july
according to reports two of the three
perpetrators have been named as rakim
vulgar off and vadim osman off and the
trio had lived together in a home in
istanbul for several weeks however the
attackers are believed to be foreign
nationals from Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan and
Russia Turkish officials are said to
have strong evidence that the men
traveled from the ISIS stronghold of
raka in Syria and that senior Isis
leadership may have been involved in
planning the attack number 8 who were
the victims the total death toll rose to
45 on july second when it
was confirmed that a Jordanian child had
died in hospital after the attack also
among the Dead was oom of sokoto bloom a
customs officer who shot one of the
attackers before stopping to check the
gunman’s condition and being caught up
in a suicide detonation ataturk airport
terminal 2 is an international terminal
at least 24 of the victims were Turkish
3 Saudi Arabian and two Iraqi
Palestinian officials also report that a
Palestinian mother and her son were
killed and there were other victims from
China Tunisia Iran whose Becca Stan and
the Ukraine number seven how has the
international community responded at
least 80 countries officially condemned
the attacks and expressed support for
Turkey several important structures
around the world were also lit up with
the colors of the Turkish flag and the
hashtag pray for Turkey was trending on
social media as a show of solidarity
however many analysts have criticized
the International reaction to the events
as significantly more muted than that
for other recent attacks turkeys
president Recep type air dhawan
highlighted in a written statement that
the attacks could have happened anywhere
saying the terrorists see no difference
between quote Istanbul and London Ankara
and Berlin East mayor and chicago yet
critics have pointed out that what
happened in Turkey appeared to receive
much less coverage and concern compared
to recent attacks on Western soil number
six how does this compare to other
recent terror attacks around the world
in the first half of 2016 alone major
terror attacks have included a suicide
truck bomb killing 60 people in Libya on
January seventh major blasts in Iraq
killing at least 100 on January 11th and
the bombing and shooting in Brussels on
march 22nd which saw 32 died on April
21st at least 250 women were shot in
iraq on june twelfth 49 died in the
pulse nightclub shooting in orlando
florida july second and third saw
bombings in baghdad that reportedly
killed around 125 people all of these
attacks have since been linked to or
claimed by Isis
and there have been many more incidents
across the world in 2016 with numerous
other attacks taking place in Iraq and
Syria in particular suicide bombings gun
massacres and car bombs are reported on
almost a daily basis although they are
rarer in the West the international
threat remains number five what was
Turkey’s response in the aftermath of
the attack Turkish officials carried out
a series of raids in an attempt to learn
more about the perpetrators and to try
and capture accomplices dawn raids on
Isis suspects in Istanbul and in the
Aegean coast city of Izmir saw 16 people
detained on Thursday june thirtieth
including three foreign nationals
Turkish police also carried out an
investigation on the attackers apartment
collecting digital data and documents
relating to the attacks as audit or keys
one of turkey’s key airports and the
third busiest in Europe there has been
mounting pressure from within the
country to tackle terrorism more
aggressively President air Duan called
for national and international unity to
combat the threat number four how else
has turkey been affected by terror
unfortunately the Istanbul Airport
attack is just the latest in a series of
similar acts of terrorism in Turkey in
2016 a suicide bombing in the city in
January saw 13 people killed 29 died and
60 were injured in February in a bombing
in Ankara 37 people were killed and over
125 injured in another Ankara bombing in
March Isis has also mounted a series of
rocket attacks on Turkey in 2016 focused
on the city of killas close to the
Syrian border over 70 Rockets have been
fired killing 20 civilians Kilis a city
of over 100,000 people is an especially
dangerous target because it’s located so
close to the ISIS occupied Syrian al-bab
district the city has also been put
under extra pressure as its population
has more than doubled with the Syrian
migrant crisis number three what does
this mean for European Middle Eastern
relation
Turkey and Istanbul in particular has
long been thought of as a meeting place
between the east and the west and with
turkeys continuing efforts to become
part of the EU the country serves as a
gateway between cultures however it’s
close proximity to Syria and the Middle
East poses a diplomatic problem with
terror groups including Isis allegedly
entering Europe through its borders
tension mounts on the continent as
Europe continues to see violet terror
attacks like this or Brussels or Paris
in November 2015 the migrant crisis is
also ongoing with thousands of refugees
fleeing war torn countries in general
European Middle Eastern relations are
extremely strained and the audit or
terrorist attack is another frightening
instance of the threat that exists
number two what does this mean for
Turkish security Turkey has already
scaled back on previously relaxed open
border policies in an attempt to improve
national security but the country is
fighting a war on two fronts while Isis
continues to pose massive problems on
the Syrian border priority has
historically been given to the fight
against the Kurdish insurgents PKK in
the southeast according to analysts it’s
for that reason that Isis doesn’t
usually lay official claim to attacks in
Turkey so as to keep Turkish attention
divided there is also the major problem
that turkey still has yet to establish a
clear definition as to what Isis
actually is in a legal sense as a result
the group has established deep and
troubling networks in the country number
one how will these attacks affect the
world in the long term the audit orc
airport attack is a further reminder of
the constant threat of terrorism and
religious extremism in Europe and in
international society coming just weeks
after the Orlando nightclub shooting and
days before massive car bombings in
baghdad it’s clear that turkey’s plight
is the whole world’s problem Isis and
similar organizations are set to
continue staging similar attacks and
target nations are striving to improve
security measures and
is to retaliate for now onlookers should
remember what happened in Istanbul akin
to Paris Brussels London New York and
countless other cities the long-term
effects may be unknown but in the short
term solidarity is key did these facts
get you thinking to vote for which new
story is covered next head over to
watchmojo.com / suggests and be sure to
hit that subscribe button for more
newsworthy top 10s published every week
you
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