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| Libyan gunman wounds two, gets killed at Topkapi Palace |
| 2011-11-30 |
| Turkish security forces today killed a Libyan gunman who shot and wounded two people with a pump-action rifle in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The attacker opened fire around the time the first visitors would usually be arriving at the palace. He was killed after a one-hour siege. Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin told reporters, "The attacker was not a Turkish citizen, he was foreign. A Libyan national born in 1975. He entered Turkey on November 27." Television station CNN Turk broadcast a photograph of a man, identified as the assailant, holding a rifle, wearing an ammunition belt and a backpack, while standing behind a low wall. Witnesses said the gunman shouted in Arabic "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire. A group was disembarking to enter the gates, which had just been opened when gunfire was heard inside. A soldier and private security worker were injured in the attack. Several ambulances had rushed to the scene, where a police cordon was set up and people were evacuated. Armed security service officers had taken up positions on the palace walls at the entrance. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 I spent most of an afternoon next door to the palace at the Turkish Archaeological Museum. Didn't get to see the palace, but if the Turks ever wise up and pitch the Islamists, I think it's a wonderful experience for anyone with interest in history. Their collection doesn't cover the entire globe, like the British Museum's, but "only" the area of the Ottoman Empire. Even so, you've got tiles from the walls of Babylon, one of Alexander's Successor's sarcophagus, half a dozen sarcophagi of Byzantine emperors, a 10' high statue of the Egyptian god Bes, loads of Roman-era statues, an entire floor dedicated to the site of Troy, and even part of the chain that sealed the Golden Horn from the Muslim fleets. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2011-11-30 20:29 |
| #2 Topkapi (1964). |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-11-30 19:40 |
| #1 Turkish security forces today killed a Libyan gunman who shot and wounded two people with a pump-action rifle in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. What?! No Miranda rights? No trial in a civilian court with the rights of a full citizen? Barbarians! And I'm worried about the dim view these people have for us. I must go bow to them. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-11-30 11:39 |
