2 Detained After Shots Fired at US Embassy in Turkey

The damage to a security booth by a shot fired, is seen outside the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey on Aug. 20, 2018. AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici
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ISTANBUL—Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two NATO allies. Officials said two people with criminal records were detained.

There were no casualties in the fleeting attack, in which three of the six bullets fired hit the embassy gate and a reinforced window in the building in Ankara.