Unknown attackers fired six shots outside of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday morning, according to The Associated Press.
The shots, which were fired from a moving car about 5:30 a.m., hit a gate and window of the Ankara embassy’s security booth, but U.S. officials said no one was injured, the news service reported.
“We can confirm a security incident took place at the U.S. Embassy early this morning,” embassy spokesman David Gainer said in a statement, according to NBC News.
“We have no reports of any injuries and we are investigating the details. We thank the Turkish National Police for their rapid response,” he added.
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Ankara’s governor said suspects have not yet been identified.
Relations between Ankara and Washington have been strained for months over Turkey’s detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. Brunson has been imprisoned since 2016 in Turkey over terrorism and espionage charges that the U.S. calls baseless.
The Trump administration has turned Brunson’s detention into a rallying call among Christian conservatives, particularly evangelicals, and President Trump has feuded with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan openly over the issue.
The U.S. has sanctioned two top Turkish officials and threatened escalating tariffs against Ankara if Brunson is not released.
A Turkish appeals court on Friday upheld Brunson’s house arrest, despite Trump’s threats that the U.S. is “cutting back on Turkey.”
Erdoğan in response has called for a boycott on U.S.-made electronics, prompting some Turkish citizens to film themselves breaking their iPhones, the AP reported.