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Man Who Attacked Turkish Embassy in Israel Captured

   VOA News 17 August 2010
   A  Palestinian  man identified by a Turkish news agency as Nadim Injaz
   stands in the window of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, 17 Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   A  Palestinian  man identified by a Turkish news agency as Nadim Injaz
   stands in the window of the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, 17 Aug 2010

   A  Palestinian  man  who  broke into the Turkish embassy in Israel and
   demanded political asylum has been turned over to Israeli authorities.
   Police  escorted  Nadim  Injaz  out  of the embassy late Tuesday to an
   Israeli  ambulance  that  evacuated him to a hospital for treatment of
   his gunshot wounds.
   Earlier  Tuesday, Injaz forced his way into the Turkish embassy in Tel
   Aviv  and  threatened  to  blow  up the building if he was not granted
   political asylum.
   An  Arab  Israeli  lawyer who spoke to Injaz by phone said he took the
   Turkish  consul-general  and his wife hostage, but that they were able
   to escape.
   Reports  say  Injaz  was  armed  when he entered the embassy through a
   window.   Shots  fired  by  embassy security staff apparently wounded
   him.
   Injaz  is from the West Bank town of Ramallah.  Israeli police say he
   recently  finished a prison term for breaking into the British embassy
   in Tel Aviv several years ago.
   Israeli  Foreign  Ministry  officials  told VOA that Injaz is a former
   collaborator with Shin Bet, the Israeli internal security agency.
   Tensions  between  Israel  and  Turkey have been running high since an
   Israeli  raid  on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May killed nine Turkish
   activists.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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