At least 10 killed in explosions at Istanbul airport

Updated 10.41pm At least 10 people have been killed and around 20 others injured after two explosions hit Istanbul's Ataturk airport, the Turkish justice minister said. Bekir Bozdag said that according to preliminary information, "a terrorist at the international terminal entrance first opened fire with a Kalashnikov and then blew himself up". Another official said two attackers detonated explosives at the entrance of the international terminal after police fired at them. The official said he was citing information from the interior ministry. It was not immediately clear why his account of the number of attackers was different to the justice minister's. The official said the attackers blew themselves up before entering the X-ray security check at the airport entrance. Turkish airports have security checks both at the entrance of terminal buildings and then later before entry to departure gates. Eye witness Ercan Ceyhan told CNN-Turk that he saw some 30 ambulances enter the airport. The private DHA news agency said the wounded, among them police officers, were being transferred to Bakirkoy State Hospital. Turkey has suffered several bombings in recent months linked to Kurdish or...