Monday, August 10, 2015
Turmoil in Istanbul: Fire exantion US consulate and a police station
Two attackers opened fire today against the building of the US consulate in Istanbul, while four people were killed and more injured in a car bomb attack on a police station during the night, a few weeks after Turkey launched what it calls the "war on synchronized terrorism. "
After the armed attack, police armed with automatic rifles blocked roads around the US consulate in the district Sariger while, as announced by the Istanbul governor's office, the perpetrators of the attack on the consulate was two women, one of which was arrested injured.
From the same source also confirmed that three actors and one police officer were killed in another attack carried out against a police station in Istanbul.
During the night, a truck full of explosives used in the attack on the police station in Istanbul Soultanmpeili district around Monday at 01:00 (local time and GMT).
Ankara blames the organization DHKP-C for the attack on the consulate
The Turkish government blames a far-left organization as responsible for the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul and Kurdish rebels for the attack on the police station, which caused the death of four people, officials said today AFP.
"The attack against the Consulate associated with the DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front)", a radical organization in 2013 had claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara, said the official, who He asked not to be named. He argued that the separatist rebels of PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) are responsible for the suicide attack on a police station.
Turkey is an increased level of alert since launched what officials called "synchronized war on terror" last month, including air strikes against militants of the Islamic state in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, and hundreds of arrests suspects inside.
The US diplomatic missions in Turkey have been targeted in the past.
The far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), whose members include those arrested in recent weeks, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara in 2013 which killed a Turkish security guard.
Turmoil in Istanbul: Fire exantion US consulate and a police station
Two attackers opened fire today against the building of the US consulate in Istanbul, while four people were killed and more injured in a car bomb attack on a police station during the night, a few weeks after Turkey launched what it calls the "war on synchronized terrorism. "
After the armed attack, police armed with automatic rifles blocked roads around the US consulate in the district Sariger while, as announced by the Istanbul governor's office, the perpetrators of the attack on the consulate was two women, one of which was arrested injured.
From the same source also confirmed that three actors and one police officer were killed in another attack carried out against a police station in Istanbul.
During the night, a truck full of explosives used in the attack on the police station in Istanbul Soultanmpeili district around Monday at 01:00 (local time and GMT).
Ankara blames the organization DHKP-C for the attack on the consulate
The Turkish government blames a far-left organization as responsible for the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul and Kurdish rebels for the attack on the police station, which caused the death of four people, officials said today AFP.
"The attack against the Consulate associated with the DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front)", a radical organization in 2013 had claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara, said the official, who He asked not to be named. He argued that the separatist rebels of PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) are responsible for the suicide attack on a police station.
Turkey is an increased level of alert since launched what officials called "synchronized war on terror" last month, including air strikes against militants of the Islamic state in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, and hundreds of arrests suspects inside.
The US diplomatic missions in Turkey have been targeted in the past.
The far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), whose members include those arrested in recent weeks, has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara in 2013 which killed a Turkish security guard.
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