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Dogan News Agency said police had detained a man, believed to
be mentally unstable, for questioning. A police official said he
was not able to immediately comment.
A U.S. diplomat told Reuters the consulate had taken
precautionary measures following a security alert.
Istanbul has been on high security alert since January, when a
suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in the
historic Sultanahmet district, killing one officer and wounding
another.
(Reporting by Murad Sezer, Ayla Jean Yackley and Daren Butler;
editing by David Dolan/Hugh Lawson)
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