ANKARA – Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the US embassy inthe Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a securitycabin but causing no casualties, police, and broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washingtonover the trial of a US pastor in Turkey.
A police officer told Reuters at the scene the drive-by shooting occurredaround 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) and that nobody was hurt. The embassy was set tobe closed this week for a public holiday to mark the Islamic Eid-ul-Adhafestival.
Police teams were searching for the assailants, who fled in a white carafter the attack, CNN Turk said. Four or five gunshots were heard, it said.
Broadcaster Haberturk showed police teams inspecting one of the entrancesto the embassy and apparent damage caused by a gunshot could be seen in onewindow. It said empty cartridges were found at the scene.