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Istanbul Police authorities released a statement regarding 18 students who were photographed lying on the floor handcuffed in reverse fashion, saying that they were “kept out by lying on the floor” in order to maintain their own security.

Özgür Yılmaz, an advocate who observed the autopsy of two perpetrators of Istanbul Courthouse hostage crisis, told bianet that authorities refused to hand him a copy of the preliminary autopsy report.

Special-ops units held an operation against the hostage-takers in Istanbul Courthouse, killing all 2 militants and evacuating the abducted prosecutor in an ambulance who died later on in the hospital.

The Prime Minister’s Office imposed a temporary media ban on the coverage regarding the taking hostage of prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz in Istanbul Courthouse.

Storming his office in Istanbul Courthouse, DHKC organization members held as hostage Mehmet Selim Kiraz - the prosecutor in charge of Berkin Elvan killing investigation.