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An attacker has been killed in the Turkish city of Gaziantep after what officials believe was an attempted suicide bombing of a police station.
A second attacker is believed to be on the run as police mount a manhunt.
Turkish police say they have killed an armed man who tried to enter the main police station in the southeastern city of Gaziantep, reported Al-Jazeera.
Local news reports also confirmed that clashes erupted in front of city’s police station in which a suicide bomber was shot dead.
Al Jazeera‘s reporters in Gaziantep said the attack took place “in an area where ISIL [Daesh] recruits have been very active in the past”.
Mehmet Simsek, Turkey’s deputy prime minister, said the attacker was killed but another assailant was at large following Tuesday’s incident.