This could be the story of many parents whose children joined ISIS. However, this one is particularly sad as the father lost his life in the Istanbul bombing.
A father's attempt to save his son from Islamic State ends in tragedy at Istanbul airport
By Simon Speakman Cordall and Alexandra Zavis
Los Angeles Times
Published: July 2, 2016
This week, Bayoudh, a respected Tunisian doctor and military officer, thought the nightmare was finally drawing to a close.
Authorities in Turkey, the country bordering Islamic State’s territory in Syria, had 27-year-old Anouar Bayoudh in custody. His parents were on their way to see him for the first time in nearly a year.
It was not to be.
Bayoudh was waiting to pick up his wife at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport Tuesday night when three suicide bombers stormed the airport and unleashed a hail of gunfire and explosions. He was one of 44 people killed in an attack Turkish officials say was unleashed by the very militants who had lured away his son.
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A father's attempt to save his son from Islamic State ends in tragedy at Istanbul airport?
A father's attempt to save his son from Islamic State ends in tragedy at Istanbul airport
By Simon Speakman Cordall and Alexandra Zavis
Los Angeles Times
Published: July 2, 2016
This week, Bayoudh, a respected Tunisian doctor and military officer, thought the nightmare was finally drawing to a close.
Authorities in Turkey, the country bordering Islamic State’s territory in Syria, had 27-year-old Anouar Bayoudh in custody. His parents were on their way to see him for the first time in nearly a year.
It was not to be.
Bayoudh was waiting to pick up his wife at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport Tuesday night when three suicide bombers stormed the airport and unleashed a hail of gunfire and explosions. He was one of 44 people killed in an attack Turkish officials say was unleashed by the very militants who had lured away his son.
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A father's attempt to save his son from Islamic State ends in tragedy at Istanbul airport?
