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     Turkish Police Arrest 'Unstable' Man Outside US Consulate in Istanbul

   by VOA News

   Turkish media are reporting that police have arrested a man who claimed
   to have explosives outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul.

   News agencies said Friday police believe the man was "mentally
   unstable," though it was not clear whether he actually possessed a
   bomb.

   Police have cleared the street in front of the consulate. There have
   been several attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Turkey in recent
   years.

   A suicide bombing in February 2013 outside the U.S. embassy complex in
   Ankara killed a Turkish guard. That attack was claimed by a far-left
   Turkish group, the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front.

   The Marxist group also claimed responsibility for an attack in January
   when a suicide bomber set off his explosives at a police station in a
   popular Istanbul tourist district, killing a police officer and
   wounding another.

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