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Nationalities of the three suicide bombers in Istanbul airport attack identified: Official

Reuters
Istanbul, TurkeyUpdated: Jun 30, 2016, 12:12 PM IST
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Police have detained 13 in raids across Istanbul in connection with Tuesday's attack on Europe's third-busiest airport. Photograph:(Getty)
The three suicide bombers who carried out an attack on Istanbul's main airport that killed 42 people were of Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationality, a Turkish official said on Thursday.

Police detained 13 people, three of them foreigners, in raids across Istanbul in connection with Tuesday's attack on Europe's third-busiest airport, the deadliest in a series of suicide bombings in Turkey this year. 

(Reuters)