Official: Guard shoots armed man trying to enter Ukrainian Consulate in Istanbul

Turkey: Guard shoots man at Ukrainian Consulate

ISTANBUL — A security officer guarding the Ukrainian consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday shot and injured an armed man who claimed to be carrying a bomb, Istanbul Gov. Muammer Guler said.

Guler said the man, a Turk, tried to enter the building because of a personal grievance concerning his wife in Ukraine and that it was not a terrorist attack.

The man was hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening, Guler said.

Istanbul Police Chief Huseyin Capkin said the guard opened fire after the man — identified as 29-year old Volkan Ozbudak — resisted being searched, reached out for his gun and began shooting.

Guler said bomb squads were called to examine a package the man was carrying.

“There is no political motive, it is not a terrorist event,” Guler said.

Capkin said the man had served a prison term in Ukraine and had been expelled from the country.