The bombing attacks in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport have left over 40 dead and over 230 injured. The attack took place on Tuesday night when three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance.
Several Bollywood celebrities took to Twitter to condemn the attack and express angst.
Hrithik Roshan, who was with his kids Hrehaan and Hridhaan, had a narrow escape from the terror attack. He took to Twitter to share the news:
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
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
Celina Jaitly, too, tweeted about the fact that she was at the Istanbul airport a month ago and shared a photo of the sunset from the airport.
I transited through #istanbul airport last month on my way to #Miami to be honoured by @HMilkFoundation SHOCKED to hear about terrorattack 💔
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016
Sharing my click of lovely sunset over @istanbulairport while landing.Prayers n more for all there #istanbulattack 💔 pic.twitter.com/cEp80RgGpm
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016
Twitter, however, did not take their tweets kindly and expressed displeasure over their 'insensitive' comments.
Here are some reactions:
Oh my my.
— Priyashmita Guha (@priyashmita) June 29, 2016
People died and we talk of flying economy. https://t.co/3TZzIRc9JH
Hrithik has lost his marbles. https://t.co/zUEZo7ZPO4
— Ree (@ScrollsNInk) June 29, 2016
looking at his tweets, I think Hrithik has a peanut size brain https://t.co/C7DzQr80yi
— Superman (@gooljaar) June 29, 2016
@iHrithik whoa! you flew economy and lived to tell about it.
— Grenville (@grandpandabear) June 29, 2016
You brave man!#istanbul
@iHrithik
— randomthoughts (@gauravlavania) June 29, 2016
Oh boy!
Economy seats!
Must have been terrible.
Poor you.
@CelinaJaitly what's wrong with u? this is a moment of tragedy not an incident to milk ur share of attention.
— aJiT™ (@oartija) June 29, 2016
OK.Noted the honour.Nice way of using a tragedy to glorify yourself!😈😈😈 https://t.co/6Sdc8QEgPU
— LEENA (@kunfaaya) June 29, 2016
@kunfaaya 👉🏻 @CelinaJaitly wants to hog some limelight ..the attempt is pathetic @HMilkFoundation
— Stuti (@StutiM26) June 29, 2016
@CelinaJaitly @HMilkFoundation
— Javeed (@javeed_glt) June 29, 2016
Had u been there at the airport, you could share some selfies with victims, shame on u @CelinaJaitly
@CelinaJaitly @HMilkFoundation oh wow you were being honored? But this is to express your shock at the terrorist act, right?
— ItsAWonderfulLife (@christeneliz) June 29, 2016
What's your take on the issue? Do you think their comments were taken out of context? Or do you think they were 'insensitive'?
