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Attackers kill six outside U.S. consulate
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 | No comments posted.
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Men armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul today, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead.
Turkish and U.S. officials called the shooting a terrorist attack.
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.
U.S. Ambassador Ross Wilson said the consul general in Istanbul, Sharon Wiener, told him that that consulate staff were “safe and accounted for.”
At least two of the attackers were Turkish nationals, Guler said.
“There is no claim of responsibility so far,” Interior Minister Besir Atalay said at the scene. hiding his gun and shot him in the head,” Yuksel said.
U.S. Ambassador Ross Wilson said the consul general in Istanbul, Sharon Wiener, told him that that consulate staff were “safe and accounted for.”
At least two of the attackers were Turkish nationals, Guler said.
“There is no claim of responsibility so far,” Interior Minister Besir Atalay said at the scene.
Turkish and U.S. officials called the shooting a terrorist attack.
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.
U.S. Ambassador Ross Wilson said the consul general in Istanbul, Sharon Wiener, told him that that consulate staff were “safe and accounted for.”
At least two of the attackers were Turkish nationals, Guler said.
“There is no claim of responsibility so far,” Interior Minister Besir Atalay said at the scene. hiding his gun and shot him in the head,” Yuksel said.
U.S. Ambassador Ross Wilson said the consul general in Istanbul, Sharon Wiener, told him that that consulate staff were “safe and accounted for.”
At least two of the attackers were Turkish nationals, Guler said.
“There is no claim of responsibility so far,” Interior Minister Besir Atalay said at the scene.
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