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Five wounded in shooting in front of Istanbul courthouse, shooters killed

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Five people, including three police officers, were wounded in a shooting in front of a courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday.

The two shooters - a woman and man - opened fire at a police checkpoint in front of the Caglayan court house © Mena Today

The two shooters - a woman and man - opened fire at a police checkpoint in front of the Caglayan court house © Mena Today

Five people, including three police officers, were wounded in a shooting in front of a courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding the two shooters had been killed in the gun battle. 

The two shooters - a woman and man - opened fire at a police checkpoint in front of the Caglayan court house around 8:46 a.m., Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X, without elaborating. 

He later said the shooting attack was a terror attack by the leftist terror group DHKP-C. Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said prosecutors had launched an investigation into the attack. (Reuters)

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