Shots were fired at the U. S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey early Monday in an apparent drive-by shooting.<\/b>
\nShots were fired at the U. S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey early Monday in an apparent drive-by shooting.
The shots were fired from a white car at the security booth outside Gate 6, Fox News reports. There were no injuries.
David Gainer, the embassy\u2019s spokesman thanked the police for their \u201crapid response.\u201d
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu called the attack \u201cprovocative\u201d in a tweet. \u201cWe will make sure that this incident is investigated quickly and the perpetrators are brought to justice,\u201d he wrote.
\u0130brahim Kal\u0131n, a presidential spokesman, also condemned the attack and reassured that \u201cTurkey is a safe country and all foreign missions are under the protection of law.\u201d
According to local news, a suspect is in custody.
The embassy closed this week for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The attack comes amid increased tensions between the two countries over the U. S. applying pressure to Turkey to free North Carolina Christian Pastor Andrew Brunson, who Turkey claims supported Kurdish militants and assisted in the 2016 coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The dispute has resulted in the U. S. applying sanctions to Turkey\u2019s steel and aluminum imports, and Turkey boycotting U. S. electronic goods.
The U. S refused a deal to release the pastor in exchange for the U. S. dropping an investigation on Hallbank, one of largest state-owned Turkish banks that allegedly violated U. S sanctions on Iran, reports CNBC.<\/p>\n

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