Shots fired at US embassy in Ankara

A bullet hole is visible in a window of the security booth at the entrance of the US Embassy in Ankara after six shots were fired at the building early Monday. [AFP]

Gunshots were fired early Monday at the US embassy in Ankara but caused no casualties, Turkish and American officials said, amid escalating tensions between the two NATO allies.

Six shots were fired at the US embassy, the Ankara governor's office said, adding that three bullets hit the iron gate and exterior wall.