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Members of a leftist group in Turkey have taken a chief prosecutor hostage in his office inside a court house in Istanbul.
State-run media outlets have identified the prosecutor as Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who investigated the death of Berkin Elvan, a teenager who was hit by a police gas canister fired during nationwide anti-government protests in 2013. The armed militants, who are threatening to kill the prosecutor, are reportedly demanding the arrest of the police officer who shot the teenager.
A video showing an armed militant holding a gun to the prosecutor's head surfaced during the siege
It's not clear how the assailants were able to get the weapons through court-house security. Special forces have entered the building, which has since been evacuated. Police have formed a negotiation team to speak with the assailants, however a local reporter on the scene says the militants have signaled that they will fight to the end. Read more...
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