Gunmen open fire on Turkish police, injure office

[ozgurluk at xs4all.nl]

   ANKARA, March 11 (AFP) - Suspected leftist militants opened fire on
a police patrol team in Istanbul on Wednesday night, injuring an
officer, the Anatolia news agency reported.
   The attack took place in Gazi district on Istanbul's European side
on the eve of the anniversary of bloody clashes there between the
police and left-wing protesters, which left more than 15 dead three
years ago.
   The assailants fled after Wednesday's attack and police teams
launched an operation to capture them, Anatolia said.
   Police sources said the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation
Party and Front (DHKP/C) could be behind the attack. Gazi is one of
Istanbul's poorer districts where many DHKP/C supporters live,
according to the sources.
   The group has killed dozens of policemen, a few prosecutors and
retired army generals and a former justice minister since the late
1980s.
  	   	
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