[NY Post] At least one terrorist was killed and two others seriously injured in a 10-minute gun battle with cops outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, authorities said.The terrifying ordeal erupted near a permanent security checkpoint just outside the building that houses the consulate in the Turkish capital, according to authorities and witnesses.
Footage showed one of the attackers — wearing a dark top and backpack — firing shots from an automatic rifle and a handgun as he moved among white police and security buses.
The three suspects had links to an organization that “exploits religion,” Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said, confirming they were “terrorists.”
The attackers had traveled from the city of Izmit, 60 miles east of Istanbul, in a rented car, he said.
Two of them were brothers and one had a criminal record related to drugs.
Authorities haven’t released the name of the organization but the Islamic State group has carried out deadly attacks in Turkey in the past.
Meanwhile, two police were injured in the extended gun battle, authorities said.
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