Turkish employee injured in armed attack on Swedish consulate in Izmir
STORY: Turkish employee injured in armed attack on Swedish consulate in Izmir
DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:50
LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of security team trying to neutralize armed attacker
2. various of a man in plastic handcuffs lying on the floor
3. various of paramedics carrying the wounded to the ambulance
4. various of the building of the Swedish Consulate General in Izmir
STORYLINE:
A "mentally disabled" person attacked the Swedish consulate in Türkiye's Izmir Province on Tuesday, seriously injuring a Turkish employee of the consulate, the Izmir governor's office said in a statement.
The wounded Turkish citizen was sent to Tepecik Training and Research Hospital for treatment after the attack that occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0945 GMT), according to the statement.
The attacker was detained, and a judicial investigation was underway, it added.
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