Jerusalem: 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.
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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"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."
Turkish media reported two people tried to enter the tightly guarded embassy, with employees taking refuge in a shelter.
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