Ninety suspects have been arrested in connection with an armed attack on a courthouse in Istanbul yesterday, Tuesday 6 February.
The police investigation is being conducted under the supervision of the Istanbul Prosecutor General’s Office. Turkish authorities link the perpetrators of the attack and those arrested to the far-left armed group Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party Front (DHKP/C).
POLİSE SALDIRI ANI KAMERADA!
İstanbul Çağlayan Adliyesi önündeki kontrol noktasına saldırı girişiminde 2 saldırgan ölü ele geçirildi, 3’ü polis, 5 kişi yaralandı.https://t.co/uZIumOADjf pic.twitter.com/1yQyAidfQ8
— milliyet.com.tr (@milliyet) February 6, 2024
Yesterday at 11:46 local time, two armed men tried to get through the police checkpoint at the entrance to the courthouse. During the shootout, a citizen who was at the scene was killed, as well as the perpetrators of the attack – a man and a woman.
According to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikay, they were members of the DHKP/C, an organization with a rich history of armed anti-government activities.
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