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Two Marxist women open fire at US consulate in Istanbul
Source: The Guardian
Two Marxist women open fire at US consulate in Istanbul
Luke Harding and agencies in Istanbul
Monday 10 August 2015 11.49 BST
Two women from a banned Marxist group opened fire at the US consulate in Istanbul on Monday, in the latest of a wave of attacks to hit Turkey following its decision to step up military action against Islamic State.
The assailants set off a gunfight with police before fleeing the scene, Turkish media reported. One of them, 51-year-old Hatice As ik, was captured hiding in a nearby building and taken to hospital. A second female suspect escaped. No one else was injured.
According to Turkish news agencies, citing police sources, Asik is a member of the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C. In 2013 the group carried out a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara that killed a security guard.
The group said in a statement that Asik was a “people’s warrior” and confirmed she had been arrested. “Our struggle will continue until imperialism and its collaborators leave our country and every parcel of our homeland is cleared of US bases,” it said.
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Luke Harding and agencies in Istanbul
Monday 10 August 2015 11.49 BST
Two women from a banned Marxist group opened fire at the US consulate in Istanbul on Monday, in the latest of a wave of attacks to hit Turkey following its decision to step up military action against Islamic State.
The assailants set off a gunfight with police before fleeing the scene, Turkish media reported. One of them, 51-year-old Hatice As ik, was captured hiding in a nearby building and taken to hospital. A second female suspect escaped. No one else was injured.
According to Turkish news agencies, citing police sources, Asik is a member of the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C. In 2013 the group carried out a suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara that killed a security guard.
The group said in a statement that Asik was a “people’s warrior” and confirmed she had been arrested. “Our struggle will continue until imperialism and its collaborators leave our country and every parcel of our homeland is cleared of US bases,” it said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/10/istanbul-attacks-shots-fired-us-consulate-police-station-bomb
