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Turkish security forces have clashed with two people who sought to attack the police headquarters in the city of Istanbul, killing one of the assailants, reports say.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The clashes, during which an accomplice managed to flee, took place a day after Istanbul prosecutor, Mehmet Selim Kiraz, lost his life in a hostage drama.<\/p>\n

The dead female attacker is said to have had a bomb with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn armed attack targeted our police department in Istanbul,\u201d said Istanbul governor, Vasip Sahin, adding, \u201cA female terrorist, with bomb and a gun, was killed in the clash. The other assailant fled and was injured and one policeman was lightly injured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turkish media reported that police arrested the injured male attacker, however, the accounts have not been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n

Istanbul is on high alert since Tuesday\u2019s hostage-taking that was carried out by gunmen with the Revolutionary People\u2019s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C), who raided the sixth floor of the Caglayan courthouse and held prosecutor Kiraz captive.<\/p>\n

Kiraz was investigating the killing of Berkin Elvan, who died in March 2014 after spending 269 days in a coma due to injuries inflicted by police two years ago.<\/p>\n

Elvan was on his way to buy bread when he was caught up in a street protest in Istanbul\u2019s Okmeydani neighborhood, in June 2013. His family blames the then prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is currently the country\u2019s president, for\u00a0Elvan\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Kiraz succumbed to his injuries in hospital late on Tuesday after a six-hour hostage drama in which security forces killed the man\u2019s two captors.<\/p>\n

He was buried\u00a0on Wednesday after a ceremony at the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul.<\/p>\n

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<\/em> A man holds a portrait of killed prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz during a funeral ceremony outside the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Istanbul on April 1, 2015. \u00a9 AFP\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who attended the slain prosecutor\u2019s funeral at the mosque, said after the services, \u201cNo one should think that the attack will go without a response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities have reportedly arrested 22 suspected members of the DHKP-C in the southern city of Antalya while 10 other suspected DHKP-C members have been\u00a0also detained in the cities of Izmir and Eskisehir.<\/p>\n

Turkey, the European Union and the United States regard the DHKP-C a terror group, which has carried out a spate of attacks in Turkey in the past.<\/p>\n

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