Suicide bomb blasts have ripped through Turkey’s largest airport, killing up to 50 people and leaving 106 wounded.
Armed attackers struck at Ataturk Airport’s international flights terminal on Tuesday evening.
They set off suicide bombs and sprayed civilians with bullets from automatic weapons in what is thought to have been an ISIS-coordinated atrocity.
Graphic CCTV footage shows the moment one of the deadly explosions goes off near the terminal’s security checkpoint.
The attackers fired indiscriminately at travellers before detonating three bombs, according to eyewitness accounts.
All flights have been diverted from Ataturk, including a British Airways plane from London Heathrow that was due to land hours later.
Flight BA680 landed back at London Gatwick just before midnight on Tuesday.
Officials said the "vast majority" of the injured and dead are Turkish, but foreigners are among the victims.
Turkey's President Erdogan condemned the attack, saying: "It is clear that this attack is not aimed at achieving any result but only to create propaganda material against our country using simply the blood and pain of innocent people."
The British Foreign Office is "urgently seeking further information" out of fears Brits may have been caught up in the attack.
David Cameron interrupted crucial post-Brexit talks with EU leaders to comment on the horror.
He said on Twitter: "Appalled by attack in #Istanbul tonight. Thoughts and prayers with all those affected."
Istanbul's Governor Vasip Sahin delivered the latest official death doll, saying 28 people had been killed, after earlier official reports said that ten had died.
However, reports quoting unnamed officials have increased the scale of the vicious attack to around 50 dead and 106 injured.
Hospital sources told broadcaster NTV the number of injured was over double the current official estimate.
Three attackers are thought to have been involved in the atrocity, which ISIS have reportedly claimed responsibility for, according to Turkey's Dogan news agency.
A hero cop wrestled one of the bombers to the ground before he detonated his bomb, potentially saving more lives, eyewitnesses have said.
The injured have been taken to Bakirkoy State Hospital for treatment.
The current Foreign Office guidance for Brits travelling to Turkey suggests visitors "should avoid demonstrations or large gatherings and remain vigilant".
A spokesman for Heathrow Airport, which runs daily flights to Ataturk, has asked passengers to check with their airlines before travelling on Wednesday.
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