Turkish Police Detain 13 In Connection With Deadly Airport Attack

ANKARA, Turkey (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Turkey's state-run news agency says police have detained 13 people in connection to the deadly airport attack.

Anadolu Agency says the three foreign nationals are among the group of suspects detained in Istanbul on Thursday. Anadolu said police conducted simultaneous raids at 16 locations in the city, Anadolu said.

Meanwhile, a senior Turkish official says the three suicide attackers who carried out the deadly attack Tuesday at Ataturk Airport were nationals of Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

The official on Thursday could not confirm Turkish media reports that the Russian national was from the restive Daghestan region. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government regulations

Turkish investigators say the attackers arrived together by taxi and attacked the airport with automatic weapon fire before blowing themselves up.

Turkish authorities say one of the men opened fire and then blew himself up near the entrance of the airport. During the chaos, the second attacker went upstairs and blew himself up. The third attacker waited outside during the whole episode and detonated his explosives last as people flooded out of the airport in a panic.

"First you think you are in a film, but then people started running and I just ran with them," said witness Thomas Kemper.

A Turkish official says the death toll from a triple suicide attack at has climbed to 43. The country's interior minister says 19 foreign nationals were among the victims. Out of the 238 who were wounded, 94 remain hospitalized.

An image released by Turkish media appears to show one of the three suicide bombers up-close at the airport wearing a coat despite the summer heat.

Turkish and U.S. officials say the coordinated attack suggests ISIS may have been involved. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility by the terror group.

"The despicable attack here at Istanbul's international airport certainly bears the hallmarks of ISIL's depravity," said CIA Director John Brennan.

Turkey has played a key role in the U.S.-led military coalition against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Speaking in Canada, President Barack Obama reaffirmed the United State's goal to defeat the terror group.

"We will not rest until we have dismantled these networks of hate that have an impact on the entire civilized world," said Obama.

As relatives of the victims begin to lay their loved ones to rest, Turkey's prime minister is calling for national unity to combat terror.

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