Hezbollah condemns airport attack, calls for regional solidarity to face terrorism

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Hezbollah condemns airport attack, calls for regional solidarity to face terrorism
Hezbollah condemned on Wednesday the “terrorist crime that targeted the airport in Turkey’s Istanbul and caused the death of several innocent people.”
In a statement, Hezbollah noted that “this new crime is a proof that terrorism does not differentiate between a region and a religion, but targets everyone and everywhere with no exception.”
The statement added that “such condemned terrorist acts must be a reason for a real and serious solidarity between the regional countries in order to fight terrorism and to eradicate it, instead of using it by some sides to achieve personal narrow political goals.”
Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey's crucial tourism industry.
 
The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group.

Travelers and airport workers described scenes of chaos Tuesday night as gunfire and explosions sent fleeing crowds first in one direction, then another.

Airport surveillance video posted on social media appeared to show the moment of one explosion, a ball of fire that sent terrified passengers racing for safety.
 
Another appeared to show an attacker, felled by a gunshot from a security officer, blowing himself up seconds later. A growing stream of travelers, some rolling suitcases behind them, fled down a corridor, looking fearfully over their shoulders.

The victims included at least 23 Turkish citizens and 13 foreigners.
 
The death toll excluded the three bombers, who arrived in a taxi and eventually blew themselves up after coming under fire, according to the government, though there were conflicting reports about exactly where they detonated their explosives.

The Istanbul governor's office said more than 230 people were wounded. Hundreds of passengers who fled the airport in fear were left sitting on the grass outside Tuesday night.
 
 
 
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