Man Fires Blanks outside Erdogan's Offices
A man fired blank cartridges outside Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's offices in Ankara during a cabinet meeting on Monday, Anatolia news agency reported.
The suspect fired three times outside the building located near Kizilay Square, the heart of the Turkish capital, ten minutes after the meeting of the ministers started, it said.
Turkish television stations reported earlier that the man had fired an air pistol.
He was immediately arrested by the police but no official announcement has been made so far regarding his motives, according to Anatolia.
Source: Agence France Presse
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