Court detains embassy attacker
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August 19, 2010, Thursday
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A COURT in Tel Aviv has approved the detention of a Palestinian who broke into the Turkish Embassy in Israel armed with a knife and a gasoline can, tried to take hostages and demanded political asylum.
Turkish officials at the embassy allowed Israeli police and medics to remove the attacker, Nadim Injaz, after a seven-hour standoff on Tuesday.
The Israeli Courts Administration said yesterday the Tel Aviv court approved holding Injaz in jail for a week to allow police to investigate.
Under Israeli practice, a suspect can be held in jail while police look into his case, and charges are filed afterward if warranted.
Police said Injaz, a Palestinian from the West Bank, carried out a similar attack on the British Embassy in 2006, also demanding asylum.
He had recently been released from prison after serving time for that attack.
A lawyer who said he spoke to Injaz by phone told Israel Radio Injaz said he admired Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"I love him and I respect him," he said. The Turkish leader "should give me political asylum against these murderers the Zionists, the murdering Jews," he added.
Turkish officials at the embassy allowed Israeli police and medics to remove the attacker, Nadim Injaz, after a seven-hour standoff on Tuesday.
The Israeli Courts Administration said yesterday the Tel Aviv court approved holding Injaz in jail for a week to allow police to investigate.
Under Israeli practice, a suspect can be held in jail while police look into his case, and charges are filed afterward if warranted.
Police said Injaz, a Palestinian from the West Bank, carried out a similar attack on the British Embassy in 2006, also demanding asylum.
He had recently been released from prison after serving time for that attack.
A lawyer who said he spoke to Injaz by phone told Israel Radio Injaz said he admired Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"I love him and I respect him," he said. The Turkish leader "should give me political asylum against these murderers the Zionists, the murdering Jews," he added.
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