U.S. Consulate Building in Istanbul Targeted in Turkey Attacks [+video]
Turkish police were searching Monday for a gunman who attacked the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul after a night of violence shook Turkey’s largest city.
A pair of assailants, a man and a woman, opened fire early Monday on the heavily fortified consulate building in the northern Sariyer district, leading to a shootout with police, authorities said.
No U.S. personnel were injured but the consulate announced that it was closing until further notice, according to Turkish media accounts.
The female assailant, who was wounded in the shootout, was captured by police in a nearby building, according to the official Andalou news agency.
The other attacker, a man, was still at large, authorities said. (Read more from “U.S. Consulate Building in Istanbul Targeted in Turkey Attacks” HERE)
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