BREAKING: At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured when two suicide bombers attacked Istanbul's main inteational airport Tuesday night.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag confirmed the death toll from the blasts at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. Bozdag added that "around" 20 more people were wounded.

"According to the information I was given, a terrorist at the inteational terminal entrance first opened fire with a Kalashnikov and then blew himself up," Bozdag told Turkey's state-run news agency.

The private NTV broadcaster reported that one of the explosions occurred at the inteational terminal while the other took place at the domestic terminal. However, that report was not initially confirmed by Turkish authorities.

A Turkish official told The Washington Post that the two bombers blew themselves up after police shot at them. Another official told Reuters that the bombers detonated their explosives prior to passing through a X-ray security checkpoint.

Turkish airports have security checks at both at the entrance of terminal buildings and then later before entry to departure gates.

Police sealed the terminal's entrances and exits and flights were prevented from taking off or landing. A Turkish airport official confirmed to Reuters that some flights bound for the airport have been diverted.

Eye witness Ercan Ceyhan told CNN Turk that he saw some 30 ambulances enter the airport.

The private DHA news agency said the wounded, among them police officers, were being transferred to Bakirkoy State Hospital.

Ataturk Airport is the largest in Turkey and the third busiest in Europe behind London's Heathrow Airport and Paris' Charles de Gaulle. More than 60 million passengers went through the hub in 2015.

Turkey has been the target of recent terror attacks by ISIS extremists, as well as Kurdish nationalist groups. Earlier this month, a car bomb targeted a bus carrying riot police in Istanbul, killing 11 people and injuring 36 others.

The attacks have increased in scale and frequency, scaring off tourists and hurting the Turkish economy, which relies heavily on tourism revenues.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.