Man killed in Turkish embassy
Tue,17 Aug 2010 18:22:41 GMT
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Armed policemen outside the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv (photo by Ynet) |
Shots have been fired at the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv amid reports that at least one person has been killed in the incident.
A man who had undressed near the embassy was shot dead by a man who then fled the scene, police spokesman Alex Keglesky said on Tuesday.
Keglesky ruled out, for the time, that the shooting was an attack against the Turkish embassy.
But local news sources quoted an official police statement as saying that "another incident" could still be ongoing inside the embassy compound.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor confirmed later that the attacker was holding hostages. "This is a hostage situation," he told The Associated Press.
The website of Israeli daily Haaretz said a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Ramallah had barricaded himself in an office inside the embassy, with two hostages.
Police and emergency medical personnel rushed to the scene, and helicopters could be heard circling overhead in the area, Haaretz said.
Lawyer Shafik Abuani told Israel Radio that he talked to the man, identified as Nadim Injaz, three times by telephone, trying to calm him down. The lawyer said Injaz threatened to burn the embassy down if he is not granted asylum.
The Turkish Anatolia news agency reported that security guards at the embassy captured the attacker, and the situation was under control.
The intentions of the Palestinian were unknown, it said.
Embassy staff have reportedly barred police and medical personnel from entering the building, it added.
Press TV / Bulgaria Today
A man who had undressed near the embassy was shot dead by a man who then fled the scene, police spokesman Alex Keglesky said on Tuesday.
Keglesky ruled out, for the time, that the shooting was an attack against the Turkish embassy.
But local news sources quoted an official police statement as saying that "another incident" could still be ongoing inside the embassy compound.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor confirmed later that the attacker was holding hostages. "This is a hostage situation," he told The Associated Press.
The website of Israeli daily Haaretz said a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Ramallah had barricaded himself in an office inside the embassy, with two hostages.
Police and emergency medical personnel rushed to the scene, and helicopters could be heard circling overhead in the area, Haaretz said.
Lawyer Shafik Abuani told Israel Radio that he talked to the man, identified as Nadim Injaz, three times by telephone, trying to calm him down. The lawyer said Injaz threatened to burn the embassy down if he is not granted asylum.
The Turkish Anatolia news agency reported that security guards at the embassy captured the attacker, and the situation was under control.
The intentions of the Palestinian were unknown, it said.
Embassy staff have reportedly barred police and medical personnel from entering the building, it added.
Press TV / Bulgaria Today
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