Tuesday in Istanbul, two left-wing activists held hostage for several hours a magistrate in charge of the investigation of the iconic death of a teenager during the protest movement of June 2013.
They want the police to acknowledge its responsibility in the death of Belvan Erkin, who died after nine months of coma.
The prosecutor was shot three times in the head and two in the body.
"We did everything we could and we took him in surgery. Despite our attempts, he died a martyr, "said Cavlan Ciftci, Florence Nightingale Hospital, where he was taken.
Special forces reportedly intervened after hearing gunshots in the prosecutor's office, after six hours of status quo. The two far-left militants were shot dead.
The Revolutionary Party-People's Liberation Front, which claimed responsibility for the hostage taking is classified as a terrorist organization.
"The hostage-takers were killed and the drama ended in blood. But questions remain: How did these men get the gun in the courthouse? The police could she solve the problem through negotiations? "Said Bora Bayraktar, our correspondent in Istanbul.
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