One wounded by gunman at Swedish consulate in Turkey

Ezgi Akin

Aug 1, 2023

Riot police officers secure the entrance to the Consulate General of Sweden during a demonstration after Rasmus Paludan, leader of a Danish far-right political party, burned a copy of the Quran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Istanbul, on Jan. 21, 2023. — YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images

One person was seriously wounded when an armed man opened fire at Sweden’s honorary consulate in Turkey’s Aegean province of Izmir, local authorities announced on Tuesday.

The attack, which took place at 12:45 p.m. Turkey time, became public after a statement the Izmir provincial governor's office released Tuesday evening local time.

The statement said a Turkish national who was wounded in the attack was taken to a hospital.

Though the governor's office did not elaborate, Turkish media outlets identified the wounded as a female employee of the honorary consulate, saying that she was in serious condition.