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Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Family members of victims cry outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Family members of victims cry outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Family members of victims wait outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Family members of victims comfort each other outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
A family member helps Sacide Bugda, the mother of Abdulhakim Bugda, 24, one of victims, outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Passengers arrive at an entrance of Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Passengers arrive at an entrance of Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
A sealed off entrance of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Workers inspect damages at the entrance of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Passengers embrace each other as they wait outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following their evacuation after a blast.
Passengers embrace each other at the entrance to Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following their evacuation after a blast.
People gather on the entrance to Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Members of a flight crew leave Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
A passenger sits outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following her evacuation after a blast.
A flight's passengers leave on a bus from Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following their evacuation after a blast.
People gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016 following its evacuation after a blast.
A woman reacts outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
An entrance of the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul after explosions, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish forensic police officers work at the scene of a blast outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, late Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish police block the entrance to Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Turkish forensic police officers work inside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, late Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services carry a victim from the scene of a blast outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, early Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Following an evacuation, passengers walk away from Istanbul's Ataturk airport, late Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish police officers stand outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, late Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services members help a wounded person outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services help a wounded person outside Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
An injured person sits in an ambulance outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish police and rescue services gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish police and rescue services gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Turkish rescue services gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Two explosions have rocked Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing several people and wounding scores of others, Turkey's justice minister and another official said Tuesday.
Turkish security officers gather outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
An entrance of the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul after explosions, Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
Translated tweet: "Ataturk airport arrival gate international terminal bomb attack happened. We are trapped in the square, I'm fine."
A Turkish official says two attackers have blown themselves up at the airport after police fire at them.
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Family members of victims cry outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul, Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
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