Security forces shot and wounded an armed assailant after they launched an attack on the Israeli embassy in Ankara Wednesday, according to an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson.
"The staff is safe. The attacker was wounded before he reached the embassy," the spokesperson told Reuters in a text message. "The assailant was shot and wounded by a local security man."
Broadcaster CNN Turk said the assailant had been shot in the leg outside the embassy after attempting a stabbing attack. Turkish private broadcaster NTV said the incident happened as two people attempted to enter the embassy.
It was not immediately clear if there was a second would-be assailant, but Turkish media reports had initially suggested that there had been two attackers.
Turkish media earlier reported that the man had been killed, but then later said he was "neutralized and injured."
Turkey faces multiple security threats, including from Islamic State group militants, who have been blamed for bombings in Istanbul and elsewhere, and from Kurdish militants, following the resumption of the Turkish state`s war on the mainly Kurdish southeast last year.
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