An
assailant armed with a knife tried to attack the Israeli embassy in Turkey on
Wednesday but was shot before he reached the building, Israel's foreign
ministry said.
"A man approached the embassy with a knife and was shot by a
local guard. Everyone on our side is safe," foreign ministry spokesman
Emmanuel Nahshon said in a statement.
"The assailant was wounded in the foot. We don't know if he
was attacking police officers or the embassy itself."
He added that the assailant reached the "outer
perimeter" of the embassy, but said the incident was still being
investigated.
Turkish media reported two people tried to enter the tightly
guarded embassy, with employees taking refuge in a shelter.
Initial reports said at least one person was killed, but this was
not confirmed.
The Turkish parliament in August approved a deal to normalise
relations with Israel after a six-year rift sparked by a 2010 Israeli raid on a
Gaza-bound aid flotilla that left 10 Turkish nationals dead.
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