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		</div><p>One of the attackers at Istanbul&#8217;s Ataturk airport blew himself up outside, giving the other two the opportunity to get inside the terminal, Turkey&#8217;s prime minister has said.</p>
<p>The suicide attackers, armed with guns and bombs, killed 42 people and left dozens more injured in a terror assault blamed on Islamic State (IS).</p>
<p>PM Binali Yildirim said: &#8220;When the terrorists couldn&#8217;t pass the regular security system, when they couldn&#8217;t pass the scanners, police and security controls, they returned and took their weapons out of their suitcases and opened fire at random at the security check.</p>
<p>&#8220;One blew himself up outside and the other two took advantage of the panic created during the shoot-out and got inside and blew themselves up.&#8221;</p>
<p>Travellers and airport workers described scenes of chaos as gunfire and explosions sent crowds fleeing in terror on Tuesday night.</p>
<p>Airport surveillance video posted on social media shows the moment of one explosion, a ball of fire that sent terrified passengers racing for safety, while another shows an attacker felled by a gunshot from a security officer blowing himself up seconds later.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1467153124-4959957cdde5b72a1eb25e310b2b8b5a-1038x576.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1467153124-4959957cdde5b72a1eb25e310b2b8b5a-1038x576.jpg" alt="Istanbul, Turkey" width="600" height="333" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-93075" /></a></p>
<p>The victims included at least 23 Turkish citizens and 13 foreigners, and the Istanbul governor&#8217;s office said more than 230 people had been injured.</p>
<p>IS has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, although it did issue an infographic celebrating two years since announcing a caliphate. It claimed to have &#8220;covert units&#8221; in Turkey, among other places.</p>
<p>Funerals for some of the victims began as Turkish authorities continued to try to piece together how the attack happened, going through surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses to establish a preliminary timeline.</p>
<p>As dawn broke over the destroyed terminal, workers began removing debris from the blast. The airport reopened on Wednesday morning, though flights were subject to cancellation and delay.</p>
<p>Mr Yildirim said it appeared that the IS group, also known as Daesh, which has threatened Turkey repeatedly, was responsible.<br />
&#8220;Even though the indications suggest Daesh, our investigations are continuing,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>He also suggested the attack could be linked to steps Ankara took on Monday towards mending strained ties with Israel and Russia.</p>
<p>He called for national unity and &#8220;global co-operation&#8221; in combating terrorism.</p>
<p>&#8220;This has shown once again that terrorism is a global threat,&#8221; Mr Yildirim said. &#8220;This is a heinous planned attack that targeted innocent people.&#8221;</p>
<p>US President Barack Obama pledged to dismantle &#8220;organisations of hate&#8221; after the bombing.</p>
<p>He said the gun and bomb attacks show how little these &#8220;vicious organisations&#8221; have to offer.</p>
<p>Mr Obama offered his condolences to the Turkish people, and has spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.</p>
<p>Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences for the Istanbul attack, and sought to begin a process of improving relations with Turkey.</p>
<p>Belgian PM Charles Michel said on Twitter: &#8220;Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks at Istanbul&#8217;s airport. We condemn these atrocious acts of violence.&#8221;</p>
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