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Terrorist attack in Istanbul

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 4:14 am
by Mikey
Current count is 36 dead, 147 wounded in the attack at Ataturk Airport. Apparently several men armed with assault rifles began shooting, then somehow initiated explosions. One of the attackers was caught on video blowing himself up after being shot by airport security; a second explosion was caught on video, but without visual evidence of the ignition. The Turkish PM is tentatively placing the blame on ISIS though investigation, obviously, is just beginning.

Re: Terrorist attack in Istanbul

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2016 6:03 pm
by Teaos
I've been to that airport, and now thinking about it, Airports are ideal for this sort of attack, they have numerous bottle necks in them, if you start shooting by the main front doors and drive people in, they would quickly bunch up. Hell if you plan it well send a guy in first with suitcases of explosives, have him stand at the bottleneck just before security, start shooting, people run towards security and he goes boom.

One of the ironies of Airport security is that airports are now very compartmentalized.

Re: Terrorist attack in Istanbul

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:23 pm
by McAvoy
Well, ISIS is trying really hard to get everyone to kill them it seems.