August 10, 2015
Six members of the security forces have been killed in a series of attacks in Turkey amid rising tension between the government and Kurdish militants.
In south-eastern Sirnak province, four police officers were killed by a roadside bomb and a soldier died when gunmen fired on a military helicopter.
In Istanbul, a police officer was killed in clashes after a car bombing.
Meanwhile, the city’s US consulate was attacked by two assailants. A leftist group said it carried out that attack.
The outlawed Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army Front (DHKP-C) made the claim in a statement on its website.