Two officers were killed and two others wounded in a shooting attack on a police station near the Turkish city of Izmir on Monday, with a 16-year-old suspect arrested, officials said.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the “heinous” attack on the police station in Balcova, a district just west of the resort city, left two officers dead and a third “seriously injured”.

“The suspect in the incident, 16-year-old E.B., has been arrested and an investigation has been opened,” he wrote on X.

Speaking to Turkish media at the scene, Izmir’s Governor Suleyman Elban said the suspect lived on the same road as the police station and was injured during his arrest.

“The murder suspect is a 16-year-old who lives on this street. He has no criminal record or previous arrests for any crime,” Elban tol

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