Thirteen suspects, including 10 Turks, have been charged over the Istanbul airport suicide bombings, the deadliest of several attacks to strike Turkey’s biggest city this year. Turkey has been rocked by a series of attacks in the past year blamed on either IS jihadists or Kurdish rebels. Turkey’s prime minister Binali Yildirim, meanwhile, gave some new details on the investigation, saying police had arrested a total of 29 to date over the attacks, including foreigners. Turkish officials have pointed blame at the Islamic State jihadist group for Tuesday’s gun and bomb spree at Ataturk airport, which left 45 people dead including 19 foreigners. These have taken a heavy hit on tourism, and on Friday Germany warned its citizens to exercise particular caution if they travel to Turkey.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2016 01:07 UTC