article_snippet: Istanbul (CNN)A prosecutor involved in a controversial case died Tuesday after he was shot during a hostage siege in an Istanbul courthouse.
article_snippet: The two gunmen who took the prosecutor hostage were killed in a shootout with police after a standoff that lasted for hours.
article_snippet: an online post widely cited in Turkish media said The two gunmen who took the prosecutor hostage were seeking to avenge Elvan's death.
article_snippet: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described The two gunmen who took the prosecutor hostage as terrorists and said The two gunmen who took the prosecutor hostage were disguised as lawyers when The two gunmen who took the prosecutor hostage entered the courthouse.
article_snippet: The two gunmen who took the prosecutor hostage took the prosecutor hostage around 12:30 p.m. in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan office on the sixth floor of the courthouse, the semiofficial Anadolu Agency reported.
article_snippet: Police evacuated that floor of the building, the semiofficial Anadolu Agency reported, and snipers were deployed.
article_snippet: An explosion, followed by sounds of more gunshots, could be heard coming from the courthouse Tuesday evening, hours after the siege began.