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A minimum of one gunman has been shot and killed after an incident outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.
A firefight reportedly broke out outside the diplomatic mission in Turkey’s largest city today.
Three men are thought to have tried to approach the consulate on Yapi Kredi Plaza, when cops told them to stop as they approached the constructing.
Reports are saying that two of the attackers could have been shot and killed, while the third assailant was seriously injured. Some Turkish media reports that three people have died.
Footage shows cops pulling out guns and taking cover as shots were fired for at the very least 10 minutes.
One person is seen lying on the bottom, unmoving and covered in blood, after gunfire, while armed officers run behind a bus.
Turkish interior minister, Mustafa Ciftci, said: ‘Three individuals who engaged in an armed clash with our cops on duty in front of the Yapı Kredi Plaza Blocks in Istanbul have been neutralised.
‘Within the clash, two of our heroic cops sustained minor injuries.’
He labelled the suspects as ‘terrorists,’ saying they’ve been identified, the Middle East Eye reports.
One in all the suspects allegedly has ‘ties to an organisation that exploits religion,’ the minister said.
Two of the boys are brothers, he added.
Davut Gul, the Istanbul governor, said that one ‘terrorist’ was killed and two others neutralised with injuries.
‘This major attack was overcome with minor consequences because of the precautions taken by our police,’ he said.
Security measures in the realm have been tightened after concern over further attacks, CNN Turkey reports.
There are reportedly no Israeli diplomats working within the Istanbul consulate or within the Israeli embassy within the capital Ankara, based on Al Jazeera.
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