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Over 40 Dead After a Terrorist Attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport

Turkish investigators are pouring over video footage and witness statements today after three attacker fired shots and then set off bombs at Istanbul’s main airport, killing 41 people and wounding 239.

By Barbara Bogaev • Jun 29, 2016 • 6m Listen

Turkish investigators are pouring over video footage and witness statements today after three attacker fired shots and then set off bombs at Istanbul’s main airport, killing 41 people and wounding 239. This is just the latest in a series of escalating attacks on Istanbul and throughout Turkey, which is embroiled in conflicts on a number of fronts throughout the region.

Borzou Daragahi, Middle East Correspondent with Buzzfeed, joins us from Istanbul.

Barbara Bogaev
radio journalist
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Borzou Daragahi
BuzzFeed News

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Over 40 Dead After a Terrorist Attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport

Turkish investigators are pouring over video footage and witness statements today after three attacker fired shots and then set off bombs at Istanbul’s main airport, killing 41 people and wounding 239.

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Over 40 Dead After a Terrorist Attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport

Turkish investigators are pouring over video footage and witness statements today after three attacker fired shots and then set off bombs at Istanbul’s main airport, killing 41 people and wounding 239.

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