<\/p>\n\n AP AUDIO: Gunmen attack building housing Israeli Consulate in Istanbul\n <\/p>\n
AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports clashes have occurred outside Istanbul\u2019s Israeli Consulate.<\/p>\n
The two wounded 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 Interior Ministry. <\/p>\n
Video from the attack 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.<\/p>\n
One of the police officers was wounded in the leg and the other in the ear, the Interior Ministry said. <\/p>\n
Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said that three prosecutors, including a deputy chief prosecutor, have been assigned to lead an investigation.<\/p>\n
Police sealed off the building and blocked several roads, while forensic experts in white protective suits combed the area for evidence.<\/p>\n
A witness described seeing officers take cover behind parked cars and communicate with each other during the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn general, this is a noisy area, so initially we thought this might be something else. But the gunshots continued,\u201d said Omer Dilki, 34. \u201cWe saw the police officers standing behind the cars, take shelter, and call out to each other.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ali R\u0131za Arpac\u0131, who works nearby, described witnessing \u201cserious clashes\u201d happening right in front of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were almost inside the clashes,\u201d he said, adding that the gunfight lasted for around 10 minutes.<\/p>\n
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced what he said was a \u201ctreacherous\u201d attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will resolutely continue our fight against all forms of terrorism, and we will not allow the climate of security in Turkey to be harmed by vile and timed provocations like today\u2019s,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack condemned the assault, praising Turkish authorities for \u201ctheir swift and decisive response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry similarly condemned the attack and commended Turkish security forces for their rapid action in thwarting it.<\/p>\n
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Suzan Fraser reported from Ankara. Mehmet Guzel contributed to this report from Istanbul.<\/p>\n
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A previous version of this story, relying on Turkey\u2019s Haberturk news, incorrectly reported that two attackers had been killed. Only one of the three assailants was killed, while the other two were wounded and captured, according to Turkish officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL (AP) \u2014 Three assailants opened fire at police outside a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":711486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[272269,296241,10762,4219,440,57,32303,2936,296240,50,296242,32307,365,3677,56061,24922,103,107],"class_list":["post-711485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-2024-2026-mideast-wars","tag-ali-riza-arpaci","tag-assault","tag-crime","tag-europe","tag-general-news","tag-istanbul","tag-law-enforcement","tag-mustafa-ciftci","tag-news","tag-onur-c","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-religion","tag-shootings","tag-tom-barrack","tag-turkey","tag-world","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116364659100645016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=711485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/711486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}