Turkey's Cihan news agency said those involved in the attack on the building in Istanbul's Sariyer district included one man and one woman. It was later reported by broadcaster NTV that police have detained the female suspect.
Earlier, the attack targeting the police station in Istanbul's Sultanbeyli neighborhood and caused a fire that collapsed part of the three-story building, according to Anadolu news agency. The explosion also damaged neighboring buildings and around 20 cars parked nearby, the private Dogan news agency reported.
There was no immediate claim for both attacks, which comes at a time of a sharp spike in violence between Turkey's security forces and rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
The attacks also come at a time when Turkey is taking a more active role against militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Last month it conducted aerial strikes against ISIS positions in Syria and agreed to let the U.S.-led coalition use its bases for its fight against ISIS.
The move followed a suicide bombing blamed on ISIS which killed 32 people and after militants fired at Turkish soldiers from across the border in Syria, killing one soldier.
Police cordoned off the area but people gathered outside the police station shouted slogans against the PKK, Hurriyet newspaper reported.
[alarabiya.net byy The Associated Press, Reuters]
10/8/15
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Eight killed in wave of attacks on Turkey...
ReplyDeleteTwo women shot at the US consulate in Istanbul today and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants.
The NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert since starting its "synchronised war on terror" last month, including air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq.
It has also rounded up hundreds of suspected militants at home.
Police armed with automatic rifles cordoned off streets around the US consulate in the Sariyer district on the European side of Istanbul, following the gun attack there.
One of the two women was later captured wounded, the Istanbul governor's office said.
The Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front, a far-leftist group, has taken responsibility for the attack.
On the other side of Istanbul, a vehicle laden with explosives was used in an attack on a police station, injuring three police officers and seven civilians, police said.
One of the attackers was killed during the bombing, while two others and a police officer died in a subsequent firefight, the Istanbul governor's office said..............http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0810/720256-turkey-explosion-us-consulate/
10/8/15