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Istanbul airport police fire warning shots at suspect motorbike: official

ISTANBUL, Nov 6, (APP/AFP) – Police at Turkey’s largest airport in Istanbul on Sunday fired warning shots at a motorbike that failed to stop at a security checkpoint, with the facility on high alert after the deadly June attack blamed on jihadists, local officials said. Both the driver and the passenger of the motorcycle were later caught and detained after the incident at Ataturk International Airport but no explosives or weapons were found on them. The incident resulted in the brief closure of entrances to the airport as a precaution but it carried on working normally. “Tonight two people on a motorbike who failed to stop were detained after police opened fire,” Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin wrote on his Twitter account.