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Sorry - this page has been removed. Woman opens fire with machine gun on police in Istanbul, say reports
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This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason. A woman has opened fire with a machine gun on a police post in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey’s NTV television reported.
Initial reports suggested there were no casualties, as television footage showed armed police cordoning off a corner of the square. Pedestrians and traffic continued to use surrounding streets.
For further information, please contact: NTV said some police vehicles had been damaged in the attack, and that the woman had escaped on foot, leaving her weapon behind. A photograph posted on social media by a local journalist showed what appeared to be a crudely modified machine gun.
Police could not immediately be reached for comment.
Just over three weeks ago, a suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, killing one officer and wounding another.
The hard-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front initially claimed responsibility for that attack but later retracted its statement. Some Turkish newspapers have suggested the attack was orchestrated by Islamist militants.
Kurdish separatists, Islamist radicals and far-left groups have all staged deadly attacks in the past in Istanbul, Turkey’s biggest city and a major tourist destination.
Taksim Square is a transport hub surrounded by hotels that lies at the end of one of Istanbul’s main shopping streets.