Gun battle at US consulate in Constantinople: "Terrorists, with beards and long hair"

Posted by Robert on July 9, 2008 11:02 AM

Shootout in Occupied Constantinople. "Turkey shooting: Six dead in US consulate attack in Istanbul," from the [1] Telegraph, July 9 (thanks to all who sent this in):

Three policemen and three unidentified gunmen have been killed during a 15-minute gun battle at the United States consulate in Istanbul.

Three gunmen stormed a guard post near the main entrance of the high-walled compound, reportedly shooting a Turkish police officer in the head.

A full-scale gun battle then erupted at the heavily-guarded compound, ending in the deaths of the three assailants. The city’s governor, Muammer Guler, said a police officer had died at the scene while two others died of their wounds soon after in hospital....

Witness Yavuz Erkut Yuksel said the attackers emerged from a white vehicle and surprised the officer at the guard post. “One of them approached a policeman while hiding his gun and shot him in the head,” he said.

Another witness described the attackers as “terrorists, with beards and long hair.”...


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/07/gun-battle-at-us-consulate-in-constantinople-terrorists-with-beards-and-long-hair.html

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