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Major operation in Istanbul
Photo: Berk Ozkan / EPA
According to official information, six people were injured in an attack on a court building in Istanbul. The attackers, a woman and a man, were dead, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on the X platform, formerly Twitter. He also spoke of terror in his post.
They therefore belonged to the left-wing extremist DHKP-C, which has already carried out attacks in Turkey in the past. Six people were injured, including three police officers, Yerlikaya wrote. He thanked the police officers for their efforts.
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Pictures showed people fleeing into the building in panic, while shots could be heard outside the building. A police helicopter circled above the building.
The courthouse had been the scene of armed attacks in the past. In 2015, a prosecutor was killed in the courthouse after the DHKP-C took him hostage.
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