(GEN) SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS INJURED IN SHOOTOUT WITH TERRORISTS.ISTANBUL, Apr 27, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Seven police officers were injured during operations against the far-leftist, separatists and radical organizations in Istanbul, Governor Muammer Guler said. In an interview with the private news channel NTV NTV Nippon Television Network Corporation (Japan) nTV National Television NTV Nepal Television NTV Newfoundland Television NTV Non-Tactical Vehicle NTV Nerve Tissue Vaccine NTV Notice to Vacate , Guler said that a large-scale operation was launched in the Turkish megapolis me·gap·o·lis n. Variant of megalopolis. overnight against illegal organizations and police raided nearly 60 hideouts. "Many people were detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: during the operations. They were planning to stage sensational armed attacks soon. When security forces raided a house belonged to a member of an illegal organization, person(s) in the house threw a bomb injuring three officers. It was claimed that there could be one or two people in the house. We also received a tip-off that there is a large quantity of explosives. In a second explosion, four more officers were wounded. They were rushed to nearby hospitals. One of them seems to be in critical condition," Guler said. He said that security forces seized a number of explosives, bombs, weapons and ammunition during the operations but he did not specify names of the groups. Meanwhile, a cameraman and a citizen were also injured in operation in the Kadikoy district when terrorist(s) opened fire on press members. (UK-A) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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