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.
 
Two protesters burned pages from a copy of the Islamic holy book of Quran outside Sweden's parliament in Stockholm on Monday, the latest in a string of such incidents in the Swedish capital in recent weeks.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Türkiye.
(XHTV)