Police: 2 hostage takers in Istanbul killed, hostage wounded
Istanbul's police chief says two members of a banned leftist group who held a prosecutor hostage in his office inside a courthouse in Istanbul have been killed in a shootout with police.
Selami Altunok said Tuesday the prosecutor is seriously wounded and has been taken to a hospital. Altunok said police had negotiated with the gunmen for six hours before the violent end of the hostage situation.
