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Added on the 02/01/2017 16:39:18 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Turkish police set up a heavy presence outside Istanbul's Caglayan Courthouse after an armed attack on a security checkpoint, in which a man and a woman were shot dead by officers. According to a government minister, the pair belonged to a leftist "terrorist" organisation and several police officers and citizens were injured. IMAGES
Istanbul's mayor arrives at the scene where at least one person has died after two masked men attacked an Italian church in the city. IMAGES
police and an ambulance can be seen outside the ornate Italian church, where two assailants launched an armed attack during a religious ceremony, leaving one person dead, according to Turkey's interior minister. IMAGES
Religious representatives and diplomats walk along Istiklal Avenue and lay flowers at the site of the blast in tribute to the victims of a bomb attack that killed six people in Istanbul. IMAGES
On Istanbul's Istiklal Street, a popular shopping destination for locals and tourists, people lay flowers in memory of the six who died in an explosion which tore through the street on Sunday afternoon. No individual or group has claimed the attack. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lands in Bali, Indonesia, to attend the G20 summit, hours after his home city of Istanbul was rocked by an explosion that authorities blamed on Kurdish separatists. IMAGES