Turkey's justice minister says police have detained 18 people in connection with a foiled attack at courthouse in the western city of Izmir that nevertheless killed a policeman and a courthouse employee. According to AP, the two assailants were also shot dead in Thursday's incident after they detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a road block and engaged in a shootout with police. The attackers were armed with automatic rifles, rocket launchers and hand grenades. Bekir Bozdag said Friday that authorities had "no doubt" that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, "gave the orders" for the attack.
