Turkey kills two attackers during assault on Istanbul court | News

Ankara said that the “terrorist” attack was carried out by the DHKP-C left-wing armed group.

Turkish police have killed two shooters who attacked a courthouse in Istanbul, in what authorities have labelled a terrorist act.

The incident late on Tuesday morning also saw six people injured, including three police officers, officials said. Reportedly carried out by a radical left-wing group, the attack is the latest to hit Turkey as the war in Gaza spreads tension across the Middle East.

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that the shooters were killed in a gun battle after they opened fire on a checkpoint near the Caglayan Courthouse in Istanbul.

The attackers, a man and a woman identified only as EY and PB, were members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C) “terrorist” group, he said.

The (DHKP-C) is a leftist armed group that has waged a campaign against the Turkish state since the 1980s.

Footage from the scene in the aftermath of the incident showed a heavy police presence at the entrance to the courthouse, with entry and exit points closed.

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said prosecutors had launched an investigation into the attack.

Unrest

The assault follows closely in the wake of several other armed attacks in Turkey, as unrest grows amid the war in Gaza.

Masked ISIL (ISIS) gunmen stormed a church in Istanbul last month during Sunday mass and killed one person. Authorities have since captured several people suspected of being linked to the group or the attack.

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) armed group, which has also waged a bloody campaign against the Turkish government for decades, launched a suicide attack on the interior ministry building in capital Ankara in October.

Turkish authorities reacted by bombing Kurdish positions in northern Iraq and have since arrested hundreds with purported links to Kurdish groups.