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Suicide bomber kills police officer in Istanbul Suicide bomber kills police officer in Istanbul
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A female suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another, the city’s governor and Turkish media said.A female suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another, the city’s governor and Turkish media said.
The woman spoke English as she entered the building but her nationality and identity were unknown, Istanbul’s governor, Vasip Şahin, told reporters at the scene.The woman spoke English as she entered the building but her nationality and identity were unknown, Istanbul’s governor, Vasip Şahin, told reporters at the scene.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the bombing comes less than a week after the leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation party-front, or DHKP-C, said it was behind a grenade attack on police near the prime minister’s office in Istanbul.There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the bombing comes less than a week after the leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation party-front, or DHKP-C, said it was behind a grenade attack on police near the prime minister’s office in Istanbul.
The DHKP-C had warned of further strikes after last Thursday’s attack, in which a man carrying an automatic weapon was detained near the Ottoman-era Dolmabahce Palace. The DHKP-C had warned of further strikes after last Thursday’s attack, in which a man carrying an automatic weapon was detained near the Ottoman-era Dolmabahçe Palace.
The group was also behind a suicide bombing at the US embassy last year as well as attacks on Turkish police stations.The group was also behind a suicide bombing at the US embassy last year as well as attacks on Turkish police stations.
Turkey faces other security threats.Turkey faces other security threats.
Some of the thousands of foreign fighters who have joined the ranks of Islamic State militants in neighbouring Syria and Iraq have entered via Turkey, raising concern that they could return and strike on Turkish soil.Some of the thousands of foreign fighters who have joined the ranks of Islamic State militants in neighbouring Syria and Iraq have entered via Turkey, raising concern that they could return and strike on Turkish soil.
There have also been clashes in predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey in recent weeks between members of Kurdish Islamist party and youths linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has also carried out urban attacks in the past. There have also been clashes in predominantly Kurdish south-eastern Turkey in recent weeks between members of Kurdish Islamist party and youths linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has also carried out urban attacks in the past.