Vengeance call as Turkish Muslims attack French consulate

About 150 ultra-nationalist Turks, chanting “vengeance” pelted the French consulate in Istanbul with eggs today in the latest rotest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

About 150 ultra-nationalist Turks, chanting “vengeance” pelted the French consulate in Istanbul with eggs today in the latest protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.

Police blocked some of the protesters who attempted to storm the consulate building in central Istanbul, private NTV television said. The group dispersed peacefully after chanting slogans and issuing a statement to denounce the caricatures, which have caused outrage in the Muslim world.