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| Super Moderator ![]() | 6 killed in attack outside US consulate in Turkey 6 killed in attack outside US consulate in Turkey Wednesday, 09 July , 2008, 19:10 Istanbul: Men armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the US consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead. Also read: India's Defence Attaché killed in Kabul | Pak denies involvement | Images Turkish and US officials called the shooting a terrorist attack. The US ambassador to Turkey and Turkey's Foreign Ministry said security around all American diplomatic missions in Turkey had been increased. Yavuz Erkut Yuksel, a bystander, told CNN-Turk television the attackers emerged from a vehicle and surprised the guard. "One of them approached a policeman while hiding his gun and shot him in the head," Yuksel said. Footage from a security camera at the site showed four armed and bearded men emerging from a car and killing a traffic policeman, then running toward a guard post some 50 yards away as other policemen fired back, the Dogan news agency reported. The shootout caused panic and scattered people who were waiting To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. |
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| GR Elite | Re: 6 killed in attack outside US consulate in Turkey In the morning the CBC said some of hte shooters were Syrian but later the nationalities were retracted. That sounded suspicious to me.
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| GR Fanatic | Re: 6 killed in attack outside US consulate in Turkey Anything to do with the criminals from turkey sounds and is suspicous. I am surprised that only 6 died. Wholesale slaughter for this savages is the norm. |
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