Turkey: Police shoot 2 dead in courthouse attack
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Turkey: Police shoot 2 dead in courthouse attack
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Police in Istanbul have shot dead two people who opened fire on officers in front of a courthouse.
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Five people, including three police officers, were said to have been injured in the incident
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Tuesday said a man and a woman had been killed in an “attempt to attack” a security checkpoint at a court building in the Caglayan district.
The pair were believed to be affiliated with the leftist DHKP-C militant group, which has been involved in a campaign against the Turkish state since the 1980s.
Five people, including three police officers, were said to have been injured in the incident.
“I congratulate our heroic police officers. I wish a speedy recovery to our injured,” Yerlikaya said.
rc/kb (AP, Reuters)
