- Title: Shots fired at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, two men detained - TV
- Date: 6th November 2016
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (NOVEMBER 6, 2016) (REUTERS) CARS QUEUED UP OUTSIDE ISTANBUL ATATURK AIRPORT CARS OUTSIDE AIRPORT TERMINAL VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS WALKING TOWARDS AIRPORT WITH LUGGAGE VARIOUS OF POLICE POST AT AIRPORT VARIOUS OF SECURITY ASSESSING CARS DRIVING THROUGH AIRPORT VARIOUS OF POLICE AND INVESTIGATORS AT CRIME SCENE MOTORBIKE ON ROAD VARIOUS OF BAG ON THE GROUND
- Embargoed: 21st November 2016 05:28
- Keywords: Turkey Istanbul airport gunshots arrests Ataturk
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA00157B1IRR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Turkish authorities briefly barred cars from entering and leaving Istanbul's main Ataturk Airport on Sunday (November 6) after police fired shots when a motorcycle refused an order to stop, CNN Turk said.
One of two men aboard the motorcycle was wounded and detained and the second was apprehended by police after a pursuit, the private broadcaster reported. No police or civilians were reported hurt.
In June, suicide bombers suspected of belonging to Islamic State killed 41 people and wounded some 240 others with gunfire and explosives at the airport.
The latest incident did not affect flights at Ataturk, Europe's third-busiest airport, the channel reported. Ataturk is the hub of state-run carrier Turkish Airlines.
It was not immediately clear why the police ordered the men to stop.
On Friday (November 4), a car bomb detonated in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, killing 11 people and wounding at least 100. Officials blamed the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), although Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group's Amaq news agency.
Kurdish militants, Islamic State radicals and far leftists have all staged attacks on civilians in Turkey in recent years. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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