Today, August 20, around 5 a.m. ( 2.00 GMT), unknown fired 6 shots at the building of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara from a moving white car and immediately fled.
According to the Governor of the Turkish capital of Erkan of Topak, 3 bullets hit the gate and security booth, but no one was hurt. The police searches for the car and the shooter. About them are not yet known.
Aftermath of shooting attack on US Embassy in #Turkey https://t.co/z6jhEZcm1V #Ankara pic.twitter.com/zSFIoerW3J
— Ali Özkök — علي أزكوك (@Ozkok_) August 20, 2018
The press Secretary of the US Embassy David Gainer thanked the police for «quick response». On the motives of the shooter so far this week the mission is not working in respect of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
The attack occurred on the background of aggravation of relations between Turkey and the United States over trial of an American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, a prisoner in a Turkish prison. Tensions between the two countries stepped up arrests of NASA scientist and 3 local employees of the Consulate.
U.S. Embassy in Turkey Denies Pastor Andrew Brunson Will be Released USA All Americans NEWS™ https://t.co/S3tspmU34R pic.twitter.com/LiUiEEDDmX
— USA All-Americans NEWS (@usa_all_america) August 14, 2018
In response, Washington took stringent measures by Turkey of sanctions and raising duties on imports from her, which caused last week’s collapse of the Turkish Lira. The President of the United States Donald trump demanded the immediate release of the pastor and threatened with tougher sanctions.
For his part, the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged citizens to boycott American electronic products. Then in networks, many Turks started to upload videos as they break their iPhones. In addition, Turkey has raised duties on the import of certain goods from the United States.
