LIVE VIDEO: Gunfight in Ankara causes casualties
A gunfight between police and an unidentified group has left at least one dead and four injured in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
The clash occured in Cevizlidere Huzur neighborhood in the afternoon on Aug. 23 when a unit from the Ankara Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau came under fire.
An assailant was killed during the clash in which three police officers and a woman, who is suspected to be a member of the group, were injured.
Gunfight with a suspect who managed to run away continued in the streets, as police went door-to-door canvassing in the neighbourhood.
The suspect, who left behind the group's bullet-ridden car behind, reportedly asked for locals to let him hide in an apartment, while officials warned them to lock their doors.
DoÄan News Agency's live footage shows a special unit that arrived in the crime scene where a police helicopter patrols:
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