Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace Attacked by 2 Militants: Official

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <b>ISTANBUL:</b> Two militants on Thursday launched an attack together with guns and explosives on the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, among Turkey's main tourist points of interest which also houses offices from the prime minister, the Istanbul authorities said in the statement.<br /> <br /> Initial reports had explained gunfire and an explosion was heard away from the palace, which was crowded with tourists at the height of the summer season.<br /> <br /> "Members of the terrorist enterprise launched an attack together with weapons and hand grenades, " the Istanbul governor's office said in the statement.<br /> <br /> It added that this suspects had targeted the authorities who stand on ceremonial guard away from the Ottoman-era palace during the day.<br /> <br /> The two attackers -- transporting two hand grenades, an automatic rifle, a gun as well as other ammunition -- were found by police, the statement said, adding that there was no fatalities.<br /> <br /> Security sources speaking to the state-run Anatolia news agency, however, said that your policeman was lightly injured from the attack.<br /> <br /> Private NTV television earlier said which the suspects had been caught near the German consulate.<br /> <br /> There was clearly no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Anatolia said which the suspects were members from the radical left wing Groundbreaking People's Liberation Front (DHKP-C).<br /> <br /> The DHKP-C claimed the same attack on the Dolmabahce Building on January 1 where by two grenades were hurled at the guards which failed to help explode.<br /> <br /> The militants were being also behind an attack earlier this month about ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) headquarters in Istanbul, Anatolia said.<br /> <br /> Police were hunting for one or more more suspect, Anatolia explained.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2015-08/istanbul-gunfire_650x400_51440000464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="http://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2015-08/istanbul-gunfire_650x400_51440000464.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Dolmabahce -- one from the last great palaces from the Ottoman Empire and also in which the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, died in 1938 -- is among Istanbul's major tourist points of interest.<br /> <br /> Part of the palace is open to the public but yet another wing hosts reception locations and offices of Perfect Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.<br /> <br /> The incident came in the course of growing tensions in Turkey for the reason that government wages an unprecedented "anti-terror" offensive against jihadists as well as Kurdish militants.<br /> <br /> It followed the overnight death of your 17-year-old boy during clashes in Istanbul between police along with a group allied to this PKK.<br /> <br /> So far, Turkey's operation has focused largely on the Kurdish rebels, who have responded by means of tearing up a 2013 ceasefire as well as waging a bloody campaign contrary to the security forces.<br /> <br /> Eight Turkish soldiers were being killed on Wednesday in the bomb attack on their vehicle from the single most deadly strike to be blamed on the PKK considering that the hostilities started.<br /> <br /> According on the government, more than two, 500 people have until now been detained in raids targeting suspected members from the PKK, IS and DHKP-C, the overwhelming majority of them from the PKK.</div>

Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace Attacked by 2 Militants: Official

ISTANBUL: Two militants on Thursday launched an attack together with guns and explosives on the Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul, among Turke...

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