Izmir targeted this time
The security forces, having noticed a bomb-filled vehicle approaching as the judicial working day was drawing to an end, prevented an even bigger disaster
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Following the Ankara and Istanbul attacks, terrorism’s latest target has been Izmir. Yesterday at about 16.05 a bomb-filled vehicle with two terrorists inside made for door C used by judges and prosecutors of Izmir Judicial Complex in Bayraklı sub-province. With security staff becoming suspicious and cautioning it to halt, the two terrorists detonated the vehicle they had exited
2 TERRORISTS KILLED
Two terrorists who clashed with security forces were killed. Police officer Fethi Seçkin, who first spotted the terrorists and engaged them in fire, lost his life along with usher Musa Can. Nine people, one of them a police officer, were injured. Izmir Provincial Governor, Erol Akyıldız, said initial findings pointed towards the PKK. Two people have been arrested in connection with the attack.
4 POLITICAL PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT CONDEMN THE ATTACK