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Witnesses describe terror of Istanbul airport attack

ISTANBUL -- Witnesses described the terror and destruction that took place Tuesday when several suicide bombers hit the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing at least 31 people and wounding some 60 others.

Roads around the airport were sealed off for regular traffic after the attack and several ambulances could be seen driving back and forth. Hundreds of passengers were flooding out of the airport and others were sitting on the grass, their bodies lit by the flashing lights of the emergency vehicles.

South African Judy Favish, who spent two days in Istanbul as a layover on her way home from Dublin, had just checked in when she heard an explosion followed by gunfire.

"Suddenly, there was just sort of layers of shooting and then an incredibly loud bang, which I presume must have been the bomb that went off," Favish told CBSN. "And then I ran for shelter beneath one of the counters and stayed there for about ten minutes."

Favish said passengers were ushered to a cafeteria on the basement level where they were kept for more than an hour before being allowed outside. Some of the travelers were having panic attacks and at least one man and one woman had been shot, Favish said.

"Coming out, two hours later, there was blood everywhere," she said. "One of the little rooms had been shattered. It was horrible. It was just horrible -- chaos and blood and people running around and anxious worried, and it was just horrible."

Twelve-year-old Hevin Zini had just arrived from Dusseldorf with her family and was in tears from the shock.

She told The Associated Press that there was blood on the ground and everything was blown up to bits.

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