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Watch: Video of the car bomb near the courthouse in Izmir, Turkey

Information is still coming in, but at the moment we know there were at least three terrorists who tried to detonated a VBIED or car bomb in close proximity to the Izmir courthouse but were stopped at a police checkpoint before reaching their target. Two of the terrorists were shot and killed by police and a third is believed to still be at large.

https://twitter.com/okk_sat/status/817008042512449541

Image courtesy of AFP

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Information is still coming in, but at the moment we know there were at least three terrorists who tried to detonated a VBIED or car bomb in close proximity to the Izmir courthouse but were stopped at a police checkpoint before reaching their target. Two of the terrorists were shot and killed by police and a third is believed to still be at large.

https://twitter.com/okk_sat/status/817008042512449541

Image courtesy of AFP

About Vasilis Chronopoulos View All Posts

Vasilis is a 5 year veteran of Greek SOF having served in 35th Mountain raiders battalion and in the Zeta amphibious raiders battalion. Now he is a freelance security contractor primarily working in the maritime security industry.

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