2 suspected extremists detained at Istanbul airport

Their detention came as 13 suspects, including three foreigners, were charged Sunday over the June 28 gun and suicide bomb assault at the airport that killed 45 people including 19 foreigners.

Of more than 200 people injured, 47 are still in hospital. The report did not specify if the pair were leaving or arriving in Turkey.

Police found night-vision binoculars and military-style clothes in their suitcases, the agency said, along with two passports in different names.

Thirteen suspects linked to the Istanbul airport terror attack were remanded in custody by a court in Istanbul on Sunday.

More than 5,000 ISIS suspects have been detained so far in Turkey as part of the country’s intense fight against extremism, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said Thursday.

The Turkish authorities believe that militant group IS, which is active in Syria and Iraq, had carried out the attacks.

A Turkish special force police officer stands guard as a stewardess walks nearby the explosion site at the Ataturk airport.

Russia and Turkey have been at odds over Moscow’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkey’s backing of rebels opposed to him, especially since a year ago when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the border.

The Chechen extremist Chatayev is identified as the mastermind behind the triple suicide bombing at Turkey’s Istanbul airport.

The three bombers have been identified as Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Russian nationals.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid an unannounced visit to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport.

The antiterror officials said that “media reports are premature and incorrect until the official results of DNA and other forensic tests are available”, the ministry said.