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'Police detain gunman at Turkish ruling party office in Istanbul'

Police detained a gunman who entered an office of Turkey's ruling AK Party in an Istanbul suburb on Wednesday, the private Dogan news agency said, a day after a prosecutor in the city was shot dead as police tried to free him from hostage-takers.

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Members of special security forces prepare to enter the main courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkish news agencies say that members of a banned leftist group have taken a chief prosecutor hostage in his office inside the courthouse.
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Police detained a gunman who entered an office of Turkey's ruling AK Party in an Istanbul suburb on Wednesday, the private Dogan news agency said, a day after a prosecutor in the city was shot dead as police tried to free him from hostage-takers.

The man smashed windows on the top floor of the building in the Kartal district on Istanbul's Asian side and hung out a flag before being detained. Dogan had initially reported that two armed intruders entered the AK Party office.



 

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