PHOTOS: Tension As Prosecutor Is Taken Hostage At Turkish Court

The Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front published disturbing photographs of terrified prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz with a gun to his head on their official Facebook page. The Turkish group threatened to kill him within the hour unless police confess to killing a teenage boy. The deadline passed at 3.36pm local time (12.35pm GMT)  and two gunshots were heard.

The prosecutor is leading an investigation into the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan who was severely wounded after being hit on the head by a tear-gas canister fired by a police officer during anti-government protests in Istanbul in June 2013. After spending 269 days in a coma, Elvan eventually died on March 11 last year.

In a statement published by Turkish media, the hostage taking was claimed by the Marxist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front, which has been behind a string of recent attacks.

The group published pictures showing one of the militants - his face concealed by a scarf with the group's red and yellow insignia - holding a gun to Kiraz's head. They had also plastered their flags and posters on the walls of his office.

Source: DailyMail