(EFE) .- In the attack on the Istanbul International Airport 38 people have died and at least 120 were injured, he reported this morning television Turkish public TRT .
Among the dead were five local policemen and a Russian citizen, said the English service TRT .
According to the information of public television TRT three suicide bombers carried out the attack on 2130 hours (19.30 GMT) on Tuesday, at the entrance to the departure hall of the airport.
the Turkish public television also said that there were three explosions and three suicide bombers.
Several witnesses explained that one of the explosions and a first shooting happened right at the entrance to the international departures terminal, which is a first security checkpoint for travelers.
fifty ambulances went to the site and according to Turkish media taxi drivers also helped transport the injured to hospitals.
the Interior Ministry has organized a crisis center to monitor the situation, have canceled all flights and closed the airport until 08:00 (0600 GMT) on Wednesday.
the authorities have imposed an embargo to the media about images related to the attack
the Atatürk airport is the largest in Turkey and one of the busiest in the world. last year 61 million passengers used their facilities.
Turkey is on alert for terrorist threat and Istanbul has hosted this year of two suicide attacks attributed to jihadist group Daesh (Islamic State) in tourist places and caused fifteen dead.
in Ankara two car bombings claimed by the armed group “Falcons Freedom of Kurdistan” (TAK, its acronym in Kurdish), close to illegal Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), left more than 60 dead.
the TAK was responsible for the last major attack in Istanbul last June 6, committed against a police bus and caused 11 deaths.
All media suggest that both Daesh today as the PKK are the two organizations that might be behind the attack.
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