Tag: deadly strike

At least 36 killed in suicide bomb attack at Istanbul airport

by Katy Lee with Burak Akinci and Fulya Ozerkan in Ankara ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — A triple suicide bombing and gun attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport killed at least 36people and left scores wounded, in the latest deadly strike to rock Turkey’s biggest city. The attackers began spraying bullets at airport guards at the terminal entrance and a shootout erupted before they blew themselves up one by one at around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT) Tuesday, […]

French police couple killed in IS-inspired stabbing

by Paul AUBRIAT and Clare BYRNE in Paris MAGNANVILLE, France (AFP) — A convicted radical who killed a French police couple in an IS-inspired stabbing was carrying a “hit list” of VIPs and urged followers to turn Euro 2016 into a “graveyard”, officials said Tuesday. Monday’s assault in a small town northwest of Paris was the first deadly strike in France since the coordinated attacks in the capital by an Islamic State cell in November, […]