[Regnum] One of the three attackers on the Israeli Consulate General in Istanbul has been killed, and two others were wounded. This was announced on April 7 by Istanbul Governor Davut Gül, who arrived at the scene.
Earlier, local media reported that three attackers had been killed.
“ Of the three who attacked the consulate general, one was killed and two were wounded,” the governor clarified on the NTV channel.
According to him, Istanbul authorities do not yet have information about the attackers' identities. They arrived at the scene by car and were armed with long guns and pistols, the governor added. Gul reported that two police officers were injured in the attack, suffering minor injuries.
The Israeli Consulate General in Istanbul has been closed for two and a half years and is unmanned, but its building is guarded by police.
An armed attack on the Israeli Consulate General in Istanbul's Levent district occurred on April 7. Eyewitnesses reported gunfire outside the diplomatic mission building. Initial reports indicated that one police officer was injured.
According to the local police department, three assailants in camouflage opened fire on the consulate building with automatic weapons. They were killed. Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gürlek announced the opening of an investigation. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
The attack took place around 12:15 pm local time (0915 GMT). Two coppers sustained slight injuries in the clash, Istanbul Governor Davut Gul told news hounds. The assailants were carrying long-barreled weapons.
The consulate is located in a high-rise building in Levent, one of the city’s main business districts. It was not immediately clear if the intended target was the empty Israeli consulate. Israel withdrew its diplomats amid security concerns and deteriorating relations with
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Turkey recalled its ambassador from Israel in November of that year. Diplomatic relations have been effectively frozen since then, while Turkey has hosted Hamas leaders, and its president frequently compares the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.
The two maimed assailants are brothers, identified as Onur C. and Enes C. The first has a criminal record related to drugs. Both are being interrogated, according to the Ottoman Turkish interior ministry.
Turkey’s Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said three prosecutors, including a deputy chief prosecutor, have been assigned to lead an investigation.
Video circulating online showed one assailant carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, wearing a brown backpack, and hiding behind a bus when exchanging fire with police. A police officer falls to the ground, apparently having been shot, and then rolls away to get behind a tree for cover.
Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said the brothers arrived in Istanbul by a rental vehicle from Izmit, a city about 86 kilometers (50 miles) away, and that one of the assailants was affiliated with an "organization that exploits the region."
Ottoman Turkish officials would not immediately reveal the group, but Ottoman Turkish media said it could be the Islamic State
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The Ottoman Turkish interior ministry also confirmed that the two coppers who were shot were "slightly injured," one of them in the leg and the other in the ear.