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ByDominiqueSoguel and Suzan Fraser The Associated Press ISTANBUL Attention fo- cused Friday on whether a Chechen extremist known to be a top lieutenant in the Islamic State group was in- volved in the suicide attacks that killed 44 people at Is- tanbul's Ataturk Airport. U.S. Rep. Michael Mc- Caul, chairman of the HouseCommitteeonHome- land Security, told CNN that Akhmed Chatayev di- rected Tuesday night's at- tack at one of the world's busiest airports. The CIA and White House declined to comment on McCaul's as- sertion and officials said the investigation of the bomb- ing is still ongoing. McCaul could not be reached for further comment. Turkish officials also were not able to confirm Chatayev's role. The Sabah newspaper, which is close to the government, said police had launched a manhunt for him. McCaul said Chatayev's whereabouts are unknown. The 35-year-old one-armed militant, who fought in Chechnya against Russian forces and their local allies in the early 2000s before fleeing to the West, was put on the U.S. list of sus- pected terrorists in 2015. That same year, he resur- faced in an IS video as the commander of the group's Chechen battalion in Syria. Although no one has claimed responsibility for the airport attack, the Is- lamic State group is sus- pected, and Turkish Presi- dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeated Friday that IS was "most probably" behind it. The group has boasted of having cells in Turkey and other countries. "They have no connec- tion to Islam. Their place is in hell," Erdogan said, speaking in Istanbul follow- ing Friday prayers. "These people were innocent; they were children, women, el- derly ... They embarked on a journey unaware, and came face to face with death." The state-run Anadolu Agency reported Friday that the Bakirkoy Public Prosecutor's office had es- tablished the identity of two of the airport attack- ers, Rakim Bulgarov and Vadim Osmanov, and was trying to identify the third. Other media reports have given different versions of Osmanov's name. Anadolu said Osmanov's identity was determined through a photocopy of his passport, which he submit- ted to a realtor in order to rent a house in Istanbul's Fatih district. Police were also trying to access infor- mation on a destroyed com- puter found in a trash bin near the house. The Anadolu report did not provide the national- ities of the suspects. On Thursday, a Turkish offi- cial said the three attack- ers were from Russia, Kyr- gyzstan and Uzbekistan. Thirteen people sus- pected of possible links to the attack were detained in raids Thursday in three Is- tanbul neighborhoods, offi- cials said. The Haber Turk newspaper said 11 more suspects — all foreigners — were detained in a separate raid early Friday. The IS group, which has used the porous border with Turkey to establish itself in neighboring Syria and Iraq, has repeatedly threatened Turkey. In turn, Turkey has blamed IS for several major bombings in the past year in Ankara and Istanbul. Turkey, a NATO mem- ber and key partner in the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group, also faces security threats from Kurdish rebels who are demanding greater au- tonomy in Turkey's south- east region and from ul- tra-left radicals. Kurdish rebels have carried out numerous car bomb at- tacks in the past year, in- cluding an attack Feb. 17 in Ankara that killed 39 people, and another dev- astating bombing in the capital in March. An official said Friday that security forces have killed the mastermind of the Feb. 17 attack. Mehmet Sirin Kaya was killed in the town of Lice in the mainly Kurdish prov- ince of Diyarbakir, the offi- cial said. He spoke on con- dition of anonymity in line with government regula- tions. TURKEY BOMBINGS Attention in Istanbul blasts focused on Chechen extremist EMRAHGUREL—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Family members, colleagues and friends of the victims of Tuesday blasts gather for a memorial ceremony at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. By Karl Ritter The Associated Press BRYNMAWR, WALES The modern highway connect- ing Brynmawr to other former coal-mining towns in South Wales was partly funded by the European Union, replacing a three- lane road known for deadly accidents. Other EU funds have been used to improve railway lines, open muse- ums and regenerate dreary town centers shattered by the decline of heavy indus- try. But none of that im- presses John Thompson, a retired truck driver who re- calls the days when the area in Blaneau Gwent county was bustling with life, and the coal mines and steel- works provided thousands of jobs. "We have seen no benefit up here at all," the 70-year- old says outside a cafe serv- ing instant coffee and ba- con rolls. Besides, he notes, the EU doesn't just hand out the money: "They tell us how to spend it. That's not democracy." Even though Wales re- ceives hundreds of mil- lions annually in EU fund- ing, more than half of the Welsh electorate voted in last week's referendum for Britain to leave the EU. Puz- zling many analysts, the "leave" vote was strongest in deprived post-industrial areas that have arguably benefited the most from EU support. "Wales has shot itself in the foot," says Ed Poole, lec- turer in politics at Cardiff University. "Wales has been one of the biggest net bene- ficiaries of being in the Eu- ropean Union." A study he co-authored before the vote estimated that Wales receives a net an- nual benefit of 245 million pounds (now $326 million) from the EU budget — 79 pounds ($105) a head. That compares with a net con- tribution of 151 pounds per head for all of the United Kingdom. Maybe some voters didn't fully understand the role of EU funds in supporting their communities, Poole says. Maybe, he says, they chose to ignore it. It's not yet clear when the money will go away or what, if anything, might replace it — the negotiations over specifics of Britain's divorce from the EU are expected to take years. "There may be a sense of disconnect from some of the projects and whether they have a real impact on people's lives," he says. "I do think that this has been an opportunity perhaps to re- flect a deep sense of griev- ance of how the general po- litical processes have been working." South Wales is a pleas- ant landscape of lush green hills with small towns in the valleys featuring rows of two-story brick homes that look quaint at first glance but have a certain sadness to them on further inspection. Town centers are quiet, mostly just a few stores and pubs with Welsh flags fluttering in the win- dows and, here and there, a "vote leave" banner. Connor Morris, 18, who is in a training program to be- come a mechanic, said all of his friends voted to leave the EU. He said he's con- cerned about immigrants, though there aren't many in Brynmawr. "I don't really know a lot about it. I just voted out," he says, smoking an e-cig- arette. Besides a few factories, there is little work in the towns themselves, so peo- ple commute to Cardiff or other big cities. Left in town during the day are mostly older people. About 80 million pounds in EU funds were used to build the 8-kilometer (5- mile) stretch of highway west of Brynmawr. Signs next to the road remind drivers of where the money came from. Similar signs in neigh- boring Ebbw Vale explain the EU's role in building a modern hospital, train station and learning cen- ter that now occupy the grounds of the former steel- works that once employed more than 10,000 people. "Leave" campaigners say many of the EU projects are gimmicky and haven't led to tangible improvements. Also, they consider the EU money to be British money to begin with, since overall Britain contributes more money than it gets back from the EU. "So people actually used the opportunity of the ref- erendum to say: 'Whoa, stop the car, I want to get out,'" says Welsh Conser- vative leader Andrew R.T. Davis, who voted for Brit- ain to leave the EU. "The way this car is being driven we're going to hit a brick wall." 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