Istanbul prosecutor dies after hostage operation: Hospital

The Istanbul prosecutor held hostage by two radical leftists at his offices Tuesday died of his wounds sustained after police launched an operation to free him, the hospital announced.

Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz "was severely injured when he arrived (at the hospital) but we lost him despite all our efforts," hospital doctors said in statement broadcast on national television.
 

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