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Police station in Istanbul attacked by two female assailants
Two women opened fire on police station in Istanbul on Thursday, according to local media.
The Dogan news agency reported that the women fired a hand grenade and then started shooting at the police station in the Bayrampasa district of the city.
One assailant and one police officer was wounded, according to the Hurriyet Daily News and Anadolu News Agency.
Officer who shot Berkin Elvan identified almost three years after shooting
A legal investigation has revealed the identity of the police officer who shot the youngest victim of the Gezi Park protests, 15-year-old Berkin Elvan, almost three years after a tear gas canister that fatally injured Elvan was fired on June 2013.
Turkey lies on seismic belt: Disaster relief body
Around 92 percent of Turkey's mainland is on a seismic belt with 95 percent of its population living on it, said Fuat Oktay, head of the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), in a written message published for the "1-7 March Week of Earthquake."
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Mine work starts in northern Turkey as protests end
Caterpillars have started to prepare an environmentally important area in northern Turkey for construction of a mine site that saw two-day protests against turning a lush landscape into a gold mine, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
Get 'Gershad' to dodge the morality police in Iran
I was overjoyed the other day to hear that Iranian youths have developed a mobile app that helps people dodge the patrols of Ershad, Iran's morality police. The Ershad check whether Iranian citizens' outfit or makeup undermines the social order: If a woman's headscarf reveals too much of her hair, for example, she gets told to cover up properly.
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Police prevent Peloponnese farmers from driving to Athens (pics)
“We cannot understand why they prevent us from moving on. We left our tractors at Corinth, and police stopped us again here ” said the farmers of Peloponnese, who were stuck on the highway at Chaidari for hours since riot police did not allow them to pass through so as to participate in the mass protest in the center of Athens.
Arrested Attacker Confesses to Armed Robbery Attempt in Bulgaria's Sredetz
One of the two attackers of a cash security van in the Bulgarian town of Sredets, Burgas Region, has confessed to an armed robbery attempt, the Ministry of the Interior said on Monday.
Turkey ninth most targeted by cyberattacks
Turkey has ranked ninth on the list of countries most targeted by cyberattacks, according to a report by Turkish defense company STM.
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Albania Hopes Cameras Will Make Police Behave
The Albanian police have started to equip their forces in the field with body cameras that they must wear on appointed shifts.
Tirana is the first city where police forces have started to use their cameras. Some 584 have been bought and are now being installed into police uniforms in the city.
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New Law 'Politicises' Serbian Police, Union Says
A police union says Serbia's new Law on Police, adopted on January 26, gives too much discretionary powers to the Interior Minister - and leaves the police subject to excessive political influence.
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