Many people took to Twitter to express grief and solitude over the heinous act.
Bollywood celebrities such as Abhishek Bachchan and Sidharth Malhotra as well as Hollywood bigwigs Elijah Woods and Pink sent out condolences...
Stay strong Istanbul. Thoughts and prayers with you.
— Abhishek 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧 (@juniorbachchan) June 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/Actor_Siddharth/status/747980687832035328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/elijahwood/status/747927564790829056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Pink/status/747909217638440960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Hrithik Roshan was at Istanbul airport hours before deadly suicide bombings
Tweets by Hrithik Roshan, Celina Jaitly and Cher, however, didn't go down well with followers who termed their messages "insensitive".
The Bang Bang actor shared how travelling in economy class saved his life as he was at the Istanbul airport with his sons hours before the attack.
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
Naturally, some weren't happy with Hrithik mentioning travelling economy class and trivialising the incident
@NameFieldmt That is more horrifying for Hrithik than people dying.
— Anita Jeyan (@AnitaJeyan) June 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/shaunakde/status/748101907047022592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
looking at his tweets, I think Hrithik has a peanut size brain https://t.co/C7DzQr80yi
— Good Guy (ex class monitor) (@gooljaar) June 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/grandpandabear/status/748045065348595713
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Similarly, Celina's tweets also upset a few when she recalled how she transited through the airport last month on her way to Miami to be honoured by the Harvey Milk Foundation, a non-profit that supports LGBT youth.
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
No surprises here. She also received a backlash:
https://twitter.com/christeneliz/status/748013909521612801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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
https://twitter.com/javeed_glt/status/748013048389079041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
However Celina didn't let haters ruin her two minutes of fame and quickly responded saying...
Thank you very much for pointing out my devious, vicious intentions. Duly noted! Apologies for the inconvenience. https://t.co/l2IbuTsH2A
— Celina Jaitly (@CelinaJaitly) June 29, 2016
https://twitter.com/CelinaJaitly/status/748399445792952320
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Hrithik and Celina weren't the only ones though; 70-year-old American singer and actor Cher was also slammed for using bomb and explosion emojis in her tweets.
WE ALL PRAY FOR INNOCENT PPL IN TURKEY AIRPORT 💣💥
— Cher (@cher) June 28, 2016
And she was asked to "grow up":
https://twitter.com/ladystarduster/status/747920942442045440
Seriously...Offended by the use of the 💣 emoji rather than typing out the word❓ Context!!! Jesus.
— lynniep#CherCrew (@lynniep1963) June 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/gvemeabreak/status/747900005529182208
https://twitter.com/sam1zdat/status/748279941351997440
But all the outrage made little difference:
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
https://twitter.com/CelinaJaitly/status/748379949023789056
https://twitter.com/CelinaJaitly/status/748382220142911488
https://twitter.com/CelinaJaitly/status/748383819938541568
Been thinking about my Poorly Placed,Insensitively Timed“bomb
— Cher (@cher) June 29, 2016
Emoji”.No Excuse💔I’m Used
2 Using Emoji 2Help Say More Than 140 Letters.Sorry😥
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