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Turkey: Assailant kills cop, injures lawyer and takes hostage

An unidentified assailant shot dead a police officer and wounded a lawyer in a court house in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa on Tuesday, then took one person hostage, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.

Hurriyet's website said special police teams were sent to the building in Bursa's Gemlik district. Police were not immediately available for comment.