Bollywood mourns loss of lives in Istanbul terror attack

Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Shekhar Kapur among others have mourned the loss of lives in the terror attack at the Istanbul airport.
Three suspected Islamic State group suicide bombers targeted the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, leaving 41 people dead and wounding many others.

Anil Kapoor posted,

Shocked to hear about the heinous #Istanbulairportattack! Sending my prayers to the victims & their families.. What has this world come to?!

— Jai Singh Rathore (@AnilKapoor) June 29, 2016

Hrithik, who was vacationing in Africa with sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan, was on his way back to India when he missed his connecting flight at the Istanbul airport and got stuck there hours before the attack. After landing in India, the Bang Bang! star tweeted,

missed connecting flight at Istanbul n wer stuck at airport next flight ws next day,but took economy n flew out earlier. #Prayers4istanbul

— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) June 28, 2016

The actor thanked the airport staff for the assistance and also asked his fans to come together in the fight against terrorism and added,

Ws helped by d kindest staff at Istanbul arport hours ago. Shocking news. Innocents killed 4 religion.V must stand united against terrorism.

— Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) June 29, 2016

Actor Ayushmann Khurana tweeted,

#Istanbul attack is again a recurring reminder that we need to do a lot to change this world. Reconciliation from local to global level.

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) June 29, 2016

Shekhar Kapur tweeted,

Once again. Violence and Tears. And now just prayers. Tragic. How can killing innocents be part of any religion @Elif_Safak #istanbul

— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) June 28, 2016

Abhishek Bachchan posted, 

Stay strong Istanbul. Thoughts and prayers with you.

— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) June 29, 2016

Anupam Kher wrote,

#IstanbulAttack is again an act of cowardice by terrorists. My heart goes out to d innocent victims & their families. I pray for d injured.

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) June 29, 2016

Arjun Kapoor posted,

Feel so sad about the Istanbul airport attacks...wonderful city wonderful people may God give them strength...what's the world coming to ???

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) June 29, 2016

Shraddha Kapoor wrote,

Praying for innocent lives lost..These attacks are so disturbing and heart breaking. #IstanbulAttack

— Shraddha Kapoor (@ShraddhaKapoor) June 29, 2016