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| Istanbul police HQ attack: Police kill armed woman and arrest male accomplice | |
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| Turkish police have killed an armed woman near the main police headquarters in Istanbul, and arrested a man, after they tried to target the building according to an official. | |
| In the third attack on an official building in the past two days, a policeman received a minor injury as officers dealt with the situation, Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said, the Press Association reported. | |
| It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack. | It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack. |
| Footage published by the Dogan Turkish news agency showed a person lying on the ground, as police used vehicles to close off the street in the Aksaray area of central Istanbul. | Footage published by the Dogan Turkish news agency showed a person lying on the ground, as police used vehicles to close off the street in the Aksaray area of central Istanbul. |
| 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. | 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 |