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| Two women killed after attacking police bus in Istanbul | Two women killed after attacking police bus in Istanbul |
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| Two women who fired shots and threw a grenade at a bus carrying riot police in Istanbul have been killed, according to local media and the city governor. | Two women who fired shots and threw a grenade at a bus carrying riot police in Istanbul have been killed, according to local media and the city governor. |
| Two police officers were slightly injured, Vasip Sahin said. He added that an investigation was under way. | |
| One of the women threw a grenade and the other opened fire with what appeared to be a machine gun as the bus headed towards the entrance of a police station in the Bayrampaşa district of the city, footage from Dogan news agency showed. | |
| Police returned fire, injuring one of the women, before tracking them to a nearby building, CNN Türk said. | |
| Special forces units and police surrounded the building, leading to an hour-long standoff in which there was sporadic gunfire. | Special forces units and police surrounded the building, leading to an hour-long standoff in which there was sporadic gunfire. |
| Attacks on Turkey’s security forces have increased since a ceasefire between Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) militants and the state collapsed in July. | Attacks on Turkey’s security forces have increased since a ceasefire between Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) militants and the state collapsed in July. |
| The PKK, considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the EU, launched a separatist armed rebellion against the Turkish state more than three decades ago. More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have since been killed. | The PKK, considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the US and the EU, launched a separatist armed rebellion against the Turkish state more than three decades ago. More than 40,000 people, mostly Kurds, have since been killed. |
| Turkey has also become a target for Islamic State militants, who are blamed for three suicide bombings – one in Suruç near the Syrian border, one in the capital, Ankara, and one in Istanbul in January. More than 140 people were killed in those attacks. | |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s attack. The radical leftist group DHKP-C has repeatedly staged similar attacks on police stations, largely in Istanbul’s suburbs. | There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s attack. The radical leftist group DHKP-C has repeatedly staged similar attacks on police stations, largely in Istanbul’s suburbs. |
| A suicide car bombing targeting military buses in Ankara killed 29 people last month. The government said it was carried out by a member of YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia, with help from PKK militants. | A suicide car bombing targeting military buses in Ankara killed 29 people last month. The government said it was carried out by a member of YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia, with help from PKK militants. |