Flags across Turkey have been raised half-staff as the nation observes a day of mourning following the latest attack at airport.
The President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan however proclaimed that the terror attack on Istanbul’s airport “will not divide or split our country.”
Recep promised that the government would let down its people, adding that those killed were dozens of civilians, including women and children.
“This is not Islamic. Taking one person’s life means going straight to hell,” he said Wednesday from the capital of Ankara, adding, “No terrorist organization will come between what we are.”
No terror group has taken responsibility for the attack, in which three men arrived by taxi at the international terminal and launched their horror armed with rifles and suicide bomb vests.
Interior Minister Efkan Ala said “all information and evidence” points to ISIS. “But nothing is for certain.”
The death toll rose to 42 people, according to Anadolu, which cited hospital sources. The toll rose after a woman died at a hospital in Istanbul.
According to CNN, many of the dead were Turkish, including 10 airport staff members. The attack killed six Saudis and wounded 27 more, the Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry said.
The other victims included two Iraqis, one Tunisian, one Chinese, one Iranian, one Ukrainian, one Jordanian and one person from Uzbekistan, a Turkish official said. Three of the foreigners had dual Turkish citizenship.
Of the 239 people wounded Tuesday night, 128 remained hospitalized, officials said.