The United Nations condemned the latest assault on the Turkish Home (Türkevi) in New York Metropolis on Monday and referred to as on U.S. authorities to launch an intensive investigation concerning the incident.
The Deputy Spokesman for the U.N. Secretary-Basic, Farhan Haq, advised Anadolu Company (AA) that the worldwide physique condemns all assaults focusing on diplomatic missions and that it expects the related authorities to launch an intensive probe.
The Turkish Home (Türkevi), a skyscraper housing Turkish diplomatic missions in New York, got here beneath assault on Monday. An unknown assailant carrying an iron stick shattered the home windows of the bottom ground of the constructing, Anadolu Company (AA) reported. The incident at 3:14 a.m. native time, was reported to the New York Police Division (NYPD). Police sealed off the doorway of the constructing and launched a probe.
Some media retailers reported that it was an act of terrorism and identified that it occurred as voting for the second spherical of Turkish elections commenced for Turkish expatriates. The Turkish Home hosts a polling station for abroad voters.
International Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu additionally mentioned Türkiye expects fast identification of the perpetrators of the assault on the Turkish Home in New York, the nation’s devoted constructing for diplomatic missions and cultural actions.
“As we speak, a heinous assault was carried out towards #TurkishHouse in New York,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu mentioned on Twitter.
“We count on the U.S. to instantly determine the perpetrators & present vital safety to make sure the security of our diplomatic missions,” he added.
“My ideas are with my colleagues working relentlessly overseas for Türkiye, together with this election interval,” Çavuşoğlu mentioned.
The Turkish Home in New York was attacked in a single day, within the early hours of Monday.
The assailant smashed the home windows of the constructing at 3.14 a.m. native time, Turkish Consul Basic in New York Reyhan Özgür advised Anadolu.
Özgür mentioned nobody was damage however 12 home windows and the doorways of the constructing had been broken.
He mentioned the assailant, who has but to be recognized, left a small crowbar on the scene.
The devoted skyscraper, which opened in September 2012, was cordoned off by the New York Police Division and an investigation was launched into the incident.
The incident has not impacted the voting in Türkiye’s presidential election runoff for Turkish nationals in New York who’re at present casting their votes on the Turkish Home, Özgür added.