JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- An armed Palestinian from Ramallah who barricaded himself inside the Turkish Embassy in Israel and took hostages was shot in the legs and injured lightly.
Nadim Injaz broke into the embassy in Tel Aviv Tuesday evening and took a number of people hostage, and threatened to kill Jews.
He was apparently shot by one of the security guards in the embassy.
Israel Radio said the consul and his wife and the hostages succeeded in fleeing the building.
Turkish embassy staff refused to permit Israeli police and medical staff to enter the embassy building to treat Injaz. Israeli media reports said Foreign Ministry officials are coordinating the situation with Turkish Embassy staff.
Channel 10, Tel Aviv, said it appears Injaz will leave the building to be treated by Israeli paramedics outside, before being handed over to the Israeli security. Discussions are under way on how to deal with Injaz, the reports said. UPI
