Terror in Turkey as two armed women opened fire on police bus and were later shot dead in Istanbul

 

               
Dramatic footage (left and centre) shows two women opening fire with what appeared to be a machine gun and throwing grenades at a police bus in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul. Police returned fire, injuring one of the women, before tracking them to a nearby government building where they had barricaded themselves in.

 Residents were evacuated from the area as officers (top right) launched an assault on the building, shooting the pair dead after the women ignored calls for them to surrender. Meanwhile, distraught parents (bottom right) made frantic attempts to contact their children after their school was cordoned off during the police operation.    

Istanbul Governor Vahip Sahin said two police officers were wounded: one by broken glass during the attack on the bus and the other during the operation on the building. 

Sahin said police were trying to identify the assailants and possible accomplices.

Source: Dailymail