Turkish police shot dead a woman carrying guns and hand grenades and detained a man as they tried to attack Istanbul’s police headquarters on Wednesday (April 1), officials and media said, the third attack on an official building in the past two days.<br /><br /> A photograph published by local media showed a red-haired woman lying on the ground with a rifle strapped to her and a handgun by her side. Television footage showed police vehicles sealing off the street in the central Aksaray neighbourhood.<br /><br /> “The Istanbul police headquarters on Vatan street was targeted by rifle fire and a female terrorist was killed in the clash,” the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement.<br /><br /> The woman was carrying a rifle, two hand grenades and one pistol, it said. Local media said a man had also been detained.<br /><br /> pic via Turkish media: Attack on Istanbul Police HQ, one attacker killed<br />pic.twitter.com/XuKhy3BAyc— Khalid Khan™ (@khalidkhan787) April 1, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> Authorities suspect the two attackers belonged
