A man carrying a knife approached Israel's embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday, September 21 and was shot in the leg after trying to attack a local police officer, The Jerusalem Post reports.

According to the Foreign Ministry, none of the Israelis at the embassy were involved or hurt in the incident.

"The staff is safe. The attacker was wounded before he reached the embassy," a ministry spokesman said in a text message.

A security guard at the embassy, who witnessed the attack on the police officer, shot the ground, and then a retired policeman who happened to pass by the scene – with a license to carry a gun -- shot the attacker in the leg.