6 killed in attack outside US consulate in Turkey

[Angelo]

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.

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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



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[Napalm]

In the morning the CBC said some of hte shooters were Syrian but later the nationalities were retracted. That sounded suspicious to me.

[ursus]

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.