TURKEY: Authorities detained nine people as part of an investigation into an attack on police outside a building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul that left one assailant dead, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported today.

Two other assailants were wounded and captured during Tuesday’s shootout, while two police officers sustained slight injuries.

The consulate was closed at the time after Israel withdrew its diplomats over security concerns and deteriorating relations following the start of the Gaza war.

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