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Thu 07 Jul 2008Police and gunmen killed at US consulate in Istanbul
TURKEY:THREE POLICEMEN and three gunmen were killed yesterday during a five-minute shoot-out outside the United States consulate in Istanbul, in an attack Turkish authorities described as "a terrorist act".
The shooting began at 10.30am local time, when three men jumped out of a car that had driven up to the entrance of the high-walled compound overlooking the Bosphorus and began firing with pump-action shotguns and pistols.
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