Daily Mail: Terror in Turkey as twin attacks on the U.S. consulate and a police station rock Istanbul: Six officers are killed in a wave of blasts over the country's bombing campaign against Kurdish militants
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* Suicide bomber detonated car packed with explosives at police station injuring ten people including three officers
* Two militants were killed and one officer died as clashes continued on the streets of the city throughout the night
* U.S. consulate was attacked by two militants, one of them a woman who was captured after shoot-out with police
* Four Turkish police officers were later killed in roadside bomb attack blamed on Kurdish militants in Sirnak province
* Turkish soldier also died in another attack in Sirnak when militants targeted military helicopter with rocket launchers
Six members of the Turkish security forces were killed and the U.S. consulate in Istanbul hit by a gun attack today in a new wave of violence blamed on Kurdish and Marxist radicals as the government pressed on its air campaign against militants.
Turkey's largest city Istanbul was shaken by twin attacks on the US consulate and a police station that killed one senior officer, while five police were killed in the southeastern Sirnak province in an escalating cycle of violence.
WNU editor: A group has claimed responsibility for the U.S. consulate attack .... Turkish far-leftist group claims U.S. consulate attack (Reuters).
More News On Today's Violence In Turkey
Turkey attacks: Deadly violence in Istanbul and Sirnak -- BBC
Turkey Attacks Target Police, US Consulate -- VOA
U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills nine -- Reuters
US Consulate in Istanbul attacked as violence escalates in Turkey -- FOX News/AP
Gun Battle Breaks Out Outside U.S. Consulate in Istanbul -- NYT
US Consulate Hit As Multiple Attacks Rock Turkey -- Vice News
Multiple shootings, explosions, rock Turkey -- i24 News
Shots Fired Near U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey -- NBC
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