A tractor driver has been shot in the leg by police in Turkey after he rejected to stop the vehicle — that led to it crashing into cars in central Ankara on Tuesday, the Turkish media reported.
45 year old Turkish man from Beypazari district of #Ankara ignored warning shots by the police and marched forward with his farm tractor, crushing some vehicles on the way. pic.twitter.com/2TuShhDLKr
— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) 16 октября 2018 г.
An Israeli authority who preserved his anonymity cited by Haaretz said that he thought that the Israeli mission is not linked to the recent incident.
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"To the best of our knowledge this has nothing to do with the embassy. He was on his way to demonstrate outside a [Turkish] government ministry. The incident happened near the ambassador's residence, and not the embassy," Haaretz cited the official as saying.
