Attackers open fire on U.S. consulate in Istanbul

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Source: Reuters

Two attackers opened fire on the U.S. consulate building in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, on Monday and fled when police shot back, broadcaster CNN Turk said.

The Cihan news agency said those involved in the attack on the building in Istanbul's Sariyer district included one man and one woman. Reuters could not immediately confirm the reports.

CNN Turk said there were no casualties.

Turkey has been in a heightened state of alert since it launched what officials described as a "synchronized war on terror" last month, including air strikes against Islamic State fighters in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, and the detention of hundreds of suspects at home.

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1. Two Marxist women open fire at US consulate in Istanbul

Source: The Guardian

Two Marxist women open fire at US consulate in Istanbul

Luke Harding and agencies in Istanbul
Monday 10 August 2015 11.49 BST

Two women from a banned Marxist group opened fire at the US consulate in Istanbul on Monday, in the latest of a wave of attacks to hit Turkey following its decision to step up military action against Islamic State.

The assailants set off a gunfight with police before fleeing the scene, Turkish media reported. One of them, 51-year-old Hatice As ik, was captured hiding in a nearby building and taken to hospital. A second female suspect escaped. No one else was injured.

According to Turkish news agencies, citing police sources, Asik is a member of the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C. In 2013 the group carried out a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara that killed a security guard.

The group said in a statement that Asik was a “people’s warrior” and confirmed she had been arrested. “Our struggle will continue until imperialism and its collaborators leave our country and every parcel of our homeland is cleared of US bases,” it said.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/10/istanbul-attacks-shots-fired-us-consulate-police-station-bomb