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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   28 March 2024

Prime Minister of Albania lands in Istanbul at time of attack

Prime Minister of Albania lands in Istanbul at time of attack

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, ARMENPRESS. According to the Turkish “Hurriyet” Daily, a plane carrying the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was landing at Istanbul's Ataturk airport when the June 28 terror attack occurred. He was arriving on an official visit. The prime minister and his entourage were safely taken to the governmental reception hall. Later he departed for Ankara.

PM Edi Rama wrote on twitter saying terrorists have no religion.

Earlier Reuters reported three suicide bombers opened fire then blew themselves up in Istanbul's main international airport on Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding close to 150 in what Turkey's prime minister said appeared to have been an attack by Islamic State militants.

One attacker opened fire in the departures hall with an automatic rifle, sending passengers diving for cover and trying to flee, before all three blew themselves up in or around the arrivals hall a floor below, witnesses and officials said.

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said: "This attack, targeting innocent people is a vile, planned terrorist act."

"There is initial evidence that each of the three suicide bombers blew themselves up after opening fire," he told reporters at the airport. Yildirim said the attackers had come to the airport by taxi and that preliminary findings pointed to Islamic State responsibility.

Two U.S. counterterrorism officials familiar with the early stages of investigations said Islamic State was at the top of the list of suspects even though there was no evidence yet.

 

 

 

 








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