2012 Sultangazi attack

Name: 2012 Sultangazi attack
Start: 2012

2012 CE.

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The 2012 Istanbul suicide bombing occurred at a police station in the Sultangazi district of Istanbul, Turkey. The suicide bomber was İbrahim Çuhadar, a member of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C). On 11 September 2012, he went to the police station and attempted to enter, then detonated the explosives at the entrance of the station after the police refused him entrance. As a result of the explosion, the attacker and a police officer died and seven others were injured.

Text from the Wikipedia article 2012 Istanbul suicide bombing, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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