Suspect Held In Shooting Outside Istanbul Courthouse

An assailant attempted to shoot a prominent Turkish journalist Friday outside a courthouse in Istanbul just before the verdict in his trial on charges of revealing state secrets was due to be announced, a Reuters witness said. The assailant shouted "traitor" before firing at least three shots in quick succession at Can Dundar, the witness said. Dundar, editor in chief of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, was unharmed, but a reporter covering his trial appeared to have been injured, the witnes...