Turkey police kill two 'female terrorists' in Istanbul: reports

Istanbul - Turkish police killed two female "terrorists" in a pre-
dawn raid Tuesday on a cell of suspected militants in Istanbul,
media reports said.
The Dogan news agency said the clash, which also left four
police lightly wounded, took place in the Gaziosmanpasa
district in the north of the European side of the city.
The report did not specify which organisation the two suspects
were affiliated with.
But Gaziosmanpasa is known as a stronghold for supporters
of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the ultra-
left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C).
The report said the pair were part of a cell linked to a
mysterious bomb attack on December 1 near an Istanbul
metro station that wounded up to half a dozen people.
No group ever claimed the attack, which appeared to have
targeted a passing police vehicle.
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Tuesday's clash, which lasted half an hour, took place when
militants opened fire on the police carrying out the raid, who
responded, Dogan said.
Turkey is on alert after 103 people were killed on October 10
when two suicide bombers ripped through a crowd of peace
activists in the capital Ankara, the worst attack in modern
Turkey's history.
Turkish authorities have in recent weeks detained several
suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group with
officials saying they were planning attacks in Istanbul.
But Turkey is also waging an all-out assault on the PKK which
has staged dozens of deadly attacks against members of the
security forces in the southeast of the country.
Meanwhile the banned ultra-left wing DHKP-C has also staged
a string of usually small-scale attacks in Istanbul over the last
months
- AFP

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