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Turkey 'shoot-out with IS' leaves police and suspects dead
Two policemen and up to seven suspected Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in a shoot-out in south-east Turkey, security officials say.
Police were carrying out dawn raids on houses in the city of Diyarbakir where militants were thought to be hiding.
Turkey has stepped up operations against IS since the group was blamed for twin blasts that killed more than 100 people in Ankara this month.
Reports say the clashes in Diyarbakir, a mainly Kurdish city, are continuing.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34635314
