16-year-old arrested after police station attack in Turkey that killed two officers
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ANKARA - Two police officers were killed and another was wounded in an armed attack on a police station in the western Turkish city of Izmir, security sources said on Sept 8.
Police have arrested a 16-year-old on the same day after a deadly shooting attack, Turkey’s interior minister said.
“The suspect in the incident, 16-year-old E.B., has been arrested and an investigation has been opened,” Mr Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X after naming the two dead police officers and saying a third was in serious condition.
Turkey has in the past been the target of attacks by Kurdish militants, Islamist groups and far-left organisations, with security forces and government institutions often among the targets.
Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city on the Aegean coast, has been hit by militant attacks in the past, including a car bombing outside a courthouse in 2017 that killed two people. REUTERS
