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DHKP-C takes Istanbul prosecutor hostage

The terrorist group DHKP-C takes the prosecutor of the Berkin Elvan case captive in an Istanbul courthouse

Ersin Çelik
14:16 - 31/03/2015 الثلاثاء
Update: 10:38 - 1/04/2015 الأربعاء
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An unknown number of members of the terrorist organization named DHKP-C, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, took Mehmet Selim Kiraz, the prosecutor of the Berkin Elvan case, hostage in Istanbul's Çağlayan courthouse on Tuesday, March 31.



A photograph published through the terrorists' twitter account showed that the prosecutor was being taken hostage by a masked man with a pistol in his hand.



The armed men said if their demands are not fulfilled within 15:36, they would kill the prosecutor.



The incident comes at a time when the Turkish nation is shocked by a historic nationwide power cut.



Teenager Berkin Elvan was heavily injured during Gezi protests in Istanbul's Okmeydanı district on June 16, 2013. He died after 269 days in a coma in a Istanbul hospital.





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