Turkish Police Shoot Tractor Driver Who Reportedly Headed For Israeli Embassy

According to the 45-year-old tractor driver's preliminary statement to police, his plan was to reach the Israeli embassy in Ankara where he would stage a protest, Anadolu agency reported.

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.