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1st LD: Female attacker killed in attack outside Istanbul police HQ

Xinhua, April 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

A female attacker was killed and two policemen were wounded on Wednesday in an armed attack outside Turkey's Istanbul police headquarters, private Dogan News Agency reported.

Police shot two attackers in an exchange of gunfire, killing a female attacker and injuring and detaining the other one, who were suspicious of bomb threat, the report said.

The traffic in the Vatan street was closed and ambulances were sent to the scene, the report added.

Earlier in the day, a gunman was detained as he occupied the building of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Istanbul and raised a flag with a sword figure at the window of the top floor of the building.

On Tuesday, a Turkish prosecutor was taken hostage by two militants of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front in Istanbul and all of them were killed during an operation of the special teams to release him. Endit