Two police officers have been injured in a suicide bomb attack in central Istanbul, at a main tourist hotspot near Sultanahmet Square.

Police stormed Istanbul’s main court house today and captured about two dozen Kurds, who had raided the building and taken hostages to press demands for the release of imprisoned Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan.

About two dozen Kurds raided Istanbul’s main court house today, calling for the release of imprisoned Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan.