ANKARA - A Turkish diplomat has been hit by a stray bullet in the garden of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad and airlifted to Ankara for surgery, the foreign ministry said Monday.
Third secretary Ozcan Sahin was injured Saturday from a stray bullet from a shootout near the embassy, a senior diplomat told AFP.
"There was no attack on the embassy," he said.
Sahin was in good condition after an operation here to remove the bullet from the right side of his waist.
12/04/2006 11:57 GMT