Two alleged extremists shot dead in attack on Turkey’s best-known courthouse

Security officers check the site where two attackers were killed (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Two people have attacked Turkey’s best-known courthouse before being shot dead, and authorities alleged the assailants were part of an extremist organisation that had been largely inactive in recent years.

Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said the man and woman tried to attack a security checkpoint at the Caglayan courthouse in Istanbul on Tuesday, and six people were wounded, including three police officers.