According to authorities:

Attack on Istanbul courthouse repelled

The security forces were able to give the all-clear relatively quickly. The two suspected attackers are dead.(Bild: EPA)

According to Istanbul police, a terrorist attack on a courthouse was repelled on Tuesday. The suspected attackers, a woman and a man, are dead.

According to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, the two belonged to the left-wing extremist DHKPC, which has already carried out attacks in Turkey in the past. Six people were injured, including three police officers, Yerlikaya wrote on the X platform (formerly Twitter).

The security forces were able to give the all-clear relatively quickly. The two suspected attackers are dead.(Bild: EPA)

Court already the scene of armed attacks in the past
The minister thanked the police officers for their efforts. Video footage on social media showed people fleeing into the building in panic, while gunshots could be heard outside the building. A police helicopter circled over the building.

The courthouse had already been the scene of armed attacks in the past. In 2015, a public prosecutor was killed in the courthouse after the DHKPC took him hostage.