<p>Security guards at the US embassy in Tel Aviv today fired shots at a man who attacked them with a knife and an axe, an Israeli police spokeswoman said, indicating the attacker had been apprehended.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"A suspect came to the US embassy at 11:00 am (1430 IST) 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.<br /><br />"Other security guards fired shots at him," she said.<br />"The attacker was not hurt," Samri said, adding that the assailant, who had been arrested, was "not an Arab."<br /><br />She did not give further details on his identity but said he was from the town of Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv.<br /><br />Police said the incident occurred at the entrance to the embassy which is located on Yarkon Street, a block from the sea front.</p>
<p>Security guards at the US embassy in Tel Aviv today fired shots at a man who attacked them with a knife and an axe, an Israeli police spokeswoman said, indicating the attacker had been apprehended.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"A suspect came to the US embassy at 11:00 am (1430 IST) 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.<br /><br />"Other security guards fired shots at him," she said.<br />"The attacker was not hurt," Samri said, adding that the assailant, who had been arrested, was "not an Arab."<br /><br />She did not give further details on his identity but said he was from the town of Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv.<br /><br />Police said the incident occurred at the entrance to the embassy which is located on Yarkon Street, a block from the sea front.</p>