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At least 36 people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured in an apparent terror attack at Turkey's biggest airport, officials have claimed.

Three suicide bombers detonated their explosives at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul after police fired shots at them as the explosions could be heard from the car park, it's reported.

At least 60 people are believed to have been injured while taxis were ferrying wounded people from the airport, it was reported.

A Turkish official said there had been two blasts and multiple injuries, without giving further details, while police and other security personnel have been filmed rushing to the scene.

(Image: REUTERS/Osman Orsal) (Image: REUTERS/Osman Orsal)

Pictures posted on social media from the site showed wounded people lying on the ground inside and outside one of the terminal buildings.

Broadcaster CNN Turk said Turkish officials suspected that suicide bombers were behind the attack but there was no official

confirmation of this.

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Footage from broadcasters, including CNN Turk, showed ambulances rushing to the scene. One witness told CNN Turk that

gunfire was heard from the car park at the airport.

Some flights to the airport have been diverted after the attack, the official said.

Ataturk is one of the world's busiest airports, and most important transport hubs for international travellers.

Turkey has been rocked by a series of deadly terror attacks in recent months.

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Turkey has suffered a spate of bombings this year, including two suicide attacks in tourist areas of Istanbul blamed on

Islamic State, and two car bombings in the capital, Ankara, which were claimed by a Kurdish militant group.

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In the most recent attack, a car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour,

killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor's office.

Turkey, which is part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, is also fighting Kurdish militants in its largely Kurdish southeast.

