Turkish police shot two attackers outside Istanbul's police headquarters on Wednesday and killed one of them while one officer was wounded, news İstanbul governor has said.
İstanbul Governor Vasip Şahin said in a statement after the incident that one of the attackers, a woman, was killed and explosives on her were seized, adding that the other was also captured.
The explosives were safely detonated by bomb disposal units.
The incident comes one day after two members of the extreme leftist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) took prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, 46, hostage in his İstanbul office.
Kiraz had been leading an investigation into the death last March of Berkin Elvan, 15, who died nine months after falling into a coma after being hit by a police tear gas canister during anti-government protests in 2013. Kiraz and the two DHKP-C members died in a police rescue attempt.
The hostage-taking was in revenge for Elvan's death, the DHKP-C said on its website.
SHOTLIST TURKEY, ISTANBUL, 01 APRIL 2015
Security precautions in front of the police department Armed police officers Curious civilians Wide virw of the scene Bomb dismantling teams moving Explosion Policemen at the scene Another explosion
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