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| 'Armed attackers shot in raid' at Istanbul police headquarters | |
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| Turkish police have shot two attackers outside Istanbul's police headquarters, killing one of them, according to local media reports. | |
| At least two officers were injured in an exchange of fire in the capital, according to a report by Turkey's Dogan news agency seen by Reuters. | |
| Footage on the Dogan website showed a person lying on the ground, as police used vehicles to close off the street in the Aksaray area of central Istanbul. | |
| An official at the police headquarters confirmed to Reuters that gunfire was heard outside the building, but declined to comment on any casualties, saying all units were on alert and that a statement would be released late. | |
| The incident comes after two members of the far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) took prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, 46, hostage in his Istanbul office yesterday. | The incident comes after two members of the far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) took prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, 46, hostage in his Istanbul office yesterday. |
| Police shot and killed the two captors during a rescue operation, and Kiraz later died in hospital following emergency surgery last night. | Police shot and killed the two captors during a rescue operation, and Kiraz later died in hospital following emergency surgery last night. |
| Separately, police detained a gunman on Wednesday who entered a suburban Istanbul office of the ruling AK party and hung from its window a Turkish flag with the emblem of a sword added to it. | |
| More to follow | More to follow |