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Reuters reported that the attack has far left organization Revolutionary Front Turkish-People’s Liberation Party (DHKP-C). The Group posted on its website a photo of the prosecutor with a gun attached on to his head and threatened to kill him.

The building of the court could hear the sound of gunfire – writes AFP.

The prosecutor hostage

The prosecutor is being held hostage by Mehmet Selim Kiraz. Kiraz for almost a year investigating the death of a teenager Elvana Berkin, who died from injuries he suffered in June 2013 during anti-government protests.

The 15-year-old Elvan accidentally hit the streets in Istanbul clashes between police and participants protests, when he left home after shopping. Was hit in the head with a heavy object, most likely a police canister, then for nine months in a coma. Under his hospital regularly staged mode. After the funeral, hundreds of thousands of people teenager took to the streets of cities in Turkey. In some places, the protests turned into riots, during which two people were killed.

Who are the terrorists?

DHKP-C requested on its website that a policeman, whose organization blamed for the death of Elvana, publicly confessed on television that other police officers were tried before “courts folk” and that the charges against participants in the protests have been withdrawn.

DHKP-C is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Is responsible for many bombings, including suicide and arson in Turkey. It operates in this country since the late 70s.

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