Turkey: Knife attacker shot in front of Israeli embassy

Police have shot and detained a knife-carrying Turkish man who tried to force his way into the Israeli embassy in Turkey's capital Ankara.

aljazeera.com reports:

The man, armed with a 30cm knife, ran towards the embassy shouting slogans and was shot in the leg, the governor's office in Ankara said in a statement on Wednesday.

Officials said initial investigations showed that the man, identified as 41-year-old Osman Nuri Caliskan from the central Anatolian city of Konya, "appeared to be mentally disturbed" and had no record of links with any organised group.
Israel's embassy in Ankara said in a statement that the suspect "tried to stab a Turkish police officer" in front of the mission.
"The embassy trusts the Turkish forces to control and investigate the incident," it added.

Turkey's NTV television said employees of the embassy took refuge in a shelter during the incident.
Caliskan was taken to Ankara’s Numune Training and Research Hospital, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency.

Roads around the embassy were closed after the incident and specialist police officers were sent to the scene.

The Hurriyet daily reported that the attacker told police officers interrogating him at the hospital that he "did this to stop the bloodshed in the Middle East".