TRIBUTES TO A COLLEAGUE

Turkish police officers stand next to the coffin of killed police officer Sinan Acar on Monday during his funeral ceremony at Istanbul’s police department headquarters in Istanbul. The police officer was stabbed to death near a police station in Istanbul on Sunday by a suspected member of the IS group, Turkish media said. The attacker, who was suspected of preparing to carry out a suicide bombing, was shot dead after killing the policeman, the Anadolu news agency reported. — AFP