Turkey detains 13 after Istanbul airport attack

Police in Turkey have detained 13 people on suspicion of involvement in the deadly suicide attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport.

Turkey detains 13 after Istanbul airport attack

They were detained in Istanbul as Turkish officials confirmed the three suicide attackers who carried out the attack were nationals of Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.

The simultaneous raids on 16 locations in the city, spanning the Asian and European sides, saw three foreign nationals rounded up among the 13 people held.

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