Three Policemen Killed Outside U.S. Embassy in Istanbul

Most of the reports are saying six people were killed, but they're counting three of the mutants who helped pull off this terror attack.

Six people are reported killed in an armed attack on the US consulate in the Turkish city, Istanbul.

City Governor Muammer Guler said those killed were three police officers and three assailants who were shot dead in a gun battle at the consulate's entrance.

Mr Guler said one of the police officers died at the scene during what witnesses said was a 15-minute gunfight. Two died of their wounds at a nearby hospital.

Television images showed paramedics treating an injured person at the scene, while four bodies lay on the ground in front of the high-walled compound situated outside Istanbul city centre, overlooking the Bosphorus waterway.

'They (assailants) were four people. Three of them got out of the car and fired at the police. I saw them dead afterwards lying on the ground and many more dead among the police,' Enis Yilmaz, who was going to the consulate for a visa application, told Reuters news agency.

He said the other person drove off in a vehicle.

No reported injuries among embassy staff.