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Several people injured in attack on courthouse in Türkiye

Ankara, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) At least five people were injured in an attack on a courthouse in Istanbul (north), Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday.

Among the injured are three police officers, the minister wrote on the social network X.

Yerlikaya noted that a man and a woman attempted to attack a guard post at the entrance of the Caglayan court, but both were killed.

He also indicated that the perpetrators were members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Front-Party, and described the incident as an attempted terrorist attack.

Following the incident, all entrances and exits to the court were blocked and police presence in the area was reinforced.

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