ISTANBUL -- At least two suicide bombers attacked the international arrivals terminal at Istanbul Ataturk Airport late Tuesday evening following a shootout with Turkish police, according to a senior Turkish official, killing at least eight people and themselves. “Police fired shots at suspects at the international terminal’s entry, before security check in an effort to neutralize them,” according to a senior Turkish official. “Two suspects blew themselves up.”The Turkish justice minister Broadcasters NTV and CNN Turk said several people were injured in the blast, and showed ambulances rushing to the scene. The attackers did not manage to make it through the security gate before detonating their explosives.

Source: Huffington Post June 28, 2016 19:27 UTC