Assailants target police checkpoint in Istanbul


(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) An unidentified group opened fire on a police station in Istanbul’s Bayrampasa district Thursday morning.

The assailants attacked a security checkpoint at the entrance to the Riot Police Directorate in Bayrampasa on Istanbul’s European side and then police officers responded.

After a short shootout the attackers fled the scene. Witnesses said that one of the attackers was wounded.

Operations in the area continue to catch the assailants.


The Journal Of Turkish Weekly

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