At least one terrorist was killed and two others seriously injured in a 10-minute gun battle with cops outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, authorities said.
The terrifying ordeal erupted near a permanent security checkpoint just outside the building that houses the consulate in the Turkish capital, according to authorities and witnesses.
Footage showed one of the attackers — wearing a dark top and backpack — firing shots from an automatic rifle and a handgun as he moved among white police and security buses.
The three suspects had links to an organization that “exploits religion,” Turkey’s Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said, confirming they were “terrorists.”
Two police were injured in the extended gun battle, authorities said.
No Israeli diplomats have been stationed at the consulate since the Hamas-Israel ware broke out in 2023.
With Post wires
