Turks mourn murdered police

Istanbul - Hundreds of Turkish policemen, joined by soldiers and ministers, yesterday mourned two colleagues killed in a suicide…

Istanbul - Hundreds of Turkish policemen, joined by soldiers and ministers, yesterday mourned two colleagues killed in a suicide bomb attack and vowed to hunt down the left-wing activists they hold responsible.

Two policemen, Ibrahim Dogan and Tuncay Karatas, died when an alleged member of a radical Marxist group blew himself up at a police station on Monday in Istanbul.

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