Turkish judge killed by gunman in court attack

A gunman killed a Turkish judge and injured five other people including another judge in an attack today.

A gunman killed a Turkish judge and injured five other people including another judge in an attack today.

The attack happened at the country's top administrative court in the capital, state-run Anatolian news agency said.

Television pictures showed injured people being carried away to ambulances. The motive for the attack by the unidentified gunman was not immediately clear.

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