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Authorities ID alleged plotter of Istanbul airport attack

By Kelly Cohen
Published July 1, 2016 12:21pm ET
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Authorities ID alleged plotter of Istanbul airport attack
The United Nations has said Chatayev directly commands 130 militants. (Haberturk newspaper via AP Photo) | AP

Turkish authorities have identified the man allegedly behind Tuesday’s terror attack at an Istanbul airport.

Akhmed Chatayev, from Russia’s North Caucasus region, directed the three suicide bombers who killed 44 people at the Istanbul Atatürk Airport and wounded more than 200 others, Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, told CNN Friday.

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