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ANKARA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- An armed conflict erupted in front of the police headquarters in southeastern province of Gaziantep on Tuesday afternoon, killing one of suspected suicide bombers, private broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
According to reports by NTV, a total of three terrorists attacked two entrances of police headquarters, and one of them was killed during clashes, while the others fled the scene.
A police officer and a civilian were reportedly injured, and the police officer remains in critical condition, reports said.
Security forces are carrying out an extensive operation to capture the terrorists.
On May 1, 2016, a car bomb attack by the Islamic States (IS) killed two police officers and injured 40 others outside Gaziantep Police Headquarters, Turkish Daily Sabah said.
Located on the border with Syria and facing areas previously controlled by the IS , the police in Gaziantep was crucial in cracking down on the terrorist group's flow of foreign fighters into Syria.
Meanwhile, the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party militants had also carried out similar attacks on police headquarters and stations in some cities and towns in Turkey's southeast.
