Tel Aviv: A man stabbed a security guard on Tuesday at the US embassy in Tel Aviv.
Israeli police later arrested the attacker, a police spokesman said.
The spokesman said the guard opened fire during the attack. Israel Radio said the attacker was wounded. He was armed with a knife and an axe, police said.
“A suspect came to the US embassy at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) with a knife and an axe and attacked a security guard,” spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP, saying the guard was injured in the leg, prompting his colleagues to open fire.
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