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Turkish employee injured in armed attack on Swedish consulate in Izmir
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A "mentally disabled" person attacked the Swedish consulate in Türkiye's Izmir Province on Tuesday, seriously injuring a Turkish employee of the consulate, the Izmir governor's office said in a statement.

The wounded Turkish citizen was sent to Tepecik Training and Research Hospital for treatment after the attack that occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time (0945 GMT), according to the statement.

The attacker was detained and a judicial investigation was underway, it added.

Two protesters burned pages from a copy of the Islamic holy book of Quran outside Sweden's parliament in Stockholm on Monday, the latest in a string of such incidents in the Swedish capital in recent weeks. 

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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