| | | | The attackers then threw a sound bomb at the embassy building. The attacked was prevented from escalating by the Palestinian guards protecting the embassy, who fired back at the assailants, who then fled the scene.
Ankara has evaluated the attack as “ordinary” as full security and stability has not as yet been established in Iraq.
Turkey’s Ambassador to Iraq, Osman Paksüt, was in Ankara holding talks with Foreign Ministry officials at the time of the attack. An official from the Foreign Ministry said that a number of buildings on the same street had been fired upon and ruled out the incident being a direct attack against the Turkish Embassy. | |
