Assailants have opened fire at the US consulate building and carried out a bomb attack on a police station in Istanbul, as two different attacks killed five security personnel in southeastern Turkey, according to local media reports.
Turkish media said no consulate staff members were hurt in the attack in the Sariyer district, while at least 10 people, including seven police officers, were wounded in the blast at the police station in the Sultanbeyli district.
Both attacks occurred on Monday morning.
The far-leftist Revolutionary People's Liberation Army-Front (DHKP/C) claimed responsibility for the attack on the US consulate.
One of the assailants, a female who was wounded during the shoot-out with police, was later captured in an apartment nearby, media said, adding that police was searching for a second suspect, also reportedly female.
"The group [DHKP/C] who claimed responsibility for the attack on the US consulate is the same group who attacked the US embassy in Ankara in 2013," Lale Sariibrahimoglu, a military analyst, told Al Jazeera from the capital Ankara.
"The group is known for its anti-American and anti-US stance."
A Turkish security guard was killed in the 2013 attack.
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