From Ankara, Israeli embassy comment on attempted attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Ankara governor’s office says the man who tried to enter the Israeli Embassy armed with a knife has no known links to terror groups.
A statement from the governor’s office on Wednesday also said that according to a preliminary investigation, the man appears to be mentally unstable.
The governor’s office identified the assailant as Osman Nuri Caliskan and said he was born in 1975, in the central Turkish province of Konya.
He was carrying a 30-centimeter-long (12-inch) knife and a bag.
The man was shot in the leg and captured by police guarding the embassy building.
The Israeli Embassy in Turkey issues a statement about today’s incident outside the embassy in Ankara:
Today, 21/9/16, at noon time a security incident happened in front of the Israeli Embassy in Ankara.A single person…
Posted by İsrail Türkiye'de on Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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