Assailant Shot and Wounded Near Israeli Embassy in Ankara

Armed forces near the scene outside the Israeli embassy in Ankara, Turkey, where a solo attacker was shot and wounded Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

• A local guard shot and wounded an assailant near the Israeli embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
  
  
• “The staff is safe. The attacker was wounded before he reached the embassy. The assailant was shot and wounded by a local security man,” the spokesman said.
  
  
• The assailant allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is great”, outside the embassy before he was shot in the leg by police, Turkish police at the scene told Reuters.