Istanbul police headquarters attacked; woman carrying bomb killed

Istanbul police headquarters attacked; woman carrying bomb killed –

Police have killed an armed woman assailant and wounded a gunman who opened fire outside Istanbul’s police headquarters, the city’s governor says.

The wounded man is said to have been captured. Earlier an intruder was arrested at district offices of Turkey’s ruling AK Party.

On Tuesday two members of a Marxist group took a prosecutor hostage at an Istanbul courthouse. All three died later in a shootout with police.

The banned DHKP-C claimed that attack.

Governor Vasip Sahin said that in Wednesday’s attack, the woman assailant was carrying a bomb. At least one police officer was injured in the clash.

TV footage showed the dead woman lying on the road near the police building.