World(REUTERS) A man was shot and wounded by Turkish police outside the Israeli Embassy in Ankara after he shouted slogans and wielded a knife on Wednesday, but initial inquiries indicated he had no links to an organized group, officials said. "According to initial examinations... (the man) appears mentally unstable, no criminal record or organizational links have been found." Turkey faces multiple security threats, including Islamic State militants blamed for bombings in Istanbul and elsewhere, and Kurdish militants following the resumption of a three-decade insurgency in the mainly Kurdish southeast last year. Police told Reuters the man shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest") outside the embassy before he was shot. The attacker was wounded before he reached the embassy," an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a text message, adding that the man was apprehended at the outer perimeter of the secured zone around the embassy.

Source: Sunday Times September 21, 2016 11:26 UTC