Member of Finnish Consulate General in Istanbul attacked

Anna-Liisa Pozanti of the Finnish Consulate General in Istanbul has been attacked by a citizen of Turkey and Finland (born in 1988) armed with a knife. The assailant borrowed her telephone and pulled a knife out when she asked the phone back, HaberTurk reports.

Security officers neutralized the assailant. The consul noted that the consulate was not issuing visas, so it had no security in the building.