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Monday 10 Aug 2015 - 12:33 Makkah mean time-25-10-1436
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Istanbul, (IINA) - Two attackers opened fire on the U.S. consulate building in Istanbul on Monday while 10 people were injured in a car bombing at a police station overnight, weeks after Turkey launched what it described as a "synchronized war on terror", according to media reports.
Police armed with automatic rifles cordoned off streets around the U.S. consulate in the Sariyer district on the European side of the city, following the gun attack there.
Local media reports said two attackers, one man and one woman, fled after police fired back. There were no immediate reports of civilian injuries. Broadcaster NTV said police later detained the female suspect, who was wounded in the gunfire.
Overnight, a vehicle laden with explosives was used in the attack on the police station in the Istanbul district of Sultanbeyli at around 01:00 on Monday, injuring three police officers and seven civilians, police said.
Two suspected militants have been killed in clashes with police in the district of Sultanbeyli where the attack on the police station took place, reports said.
The attacks come at a time of increased tension between Turkey and rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Turkey also recently announced it was taking a more active role against ISIS militants.
Turkey has been in a heightened state of alert since it launched what officials described as a "synchronized war on terror" last month, including air strikes against IS fighters in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
SM/IINA
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