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| Commandos storm Tel Aviv embassy | Commandos storm Tel Aviv embassy |
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| Israeli police commandos have stormed a British embassy compound in Tel Aviv to capture a man who broke in and demanded asylum in the UK. | |
| Nadim Injaz, 28, from Ramallah in the West Bank, had threatened to kill himself on live television if he did not get asylum. | Nadim Injaz, 28, from Ramallah in the West Bank, had threatened to kill himself on live television if he did not get asylum. |
| Mr Injaz is a Palestinian and is reported to have been an informant. | Mr Injaz is a Palestinian and is reported to have been an informant. |
| He was chased down an alleyway by officers, held and taken off the compound, the BBC's Paul Adams said. | He was chased down an alleyway by officers, held and taken off the compound, the BBC's Paul Adams said. |
| Mr Injaz was reported to have been armed with a pistol, but this was later found to have been a toy gun, police told Israel's Channel 10 TV, news agency Reuters reported. | |
| The man, who entered the compound several hours earlier, had reportedly told another Israeli broadcaster, Channel 2: "Someone should come and help me. No one wants to help me." | |
| There were no reports of any injuries as he was captured. | There were no reports of any injuries as he was captured. |
| Reinforcements called | Reinforcements called |
| Mr Injaz is said to have feared he may have been killed by Palestinian militants, and that Israeli authorities refused to help him. | |
| Embassy spokeswoman Karen Kaufman said: "As far as the embassy is concerned, the event is over." | |
| BBC Jerusalem correspondent Nick Thorpe said the British embassy is a secure modern building near the seafront in Tel Aviv, with a high metal fence and security barriers. | BBC Jerusalem correspondent Nick Thorpe said the British embassy is a secure modern building near the seafront in Tel Aviv, with a high metal fence and security barriers. |
| Visitors to the embassy are normally screened by guards at the gate. | Visitors to the embassy are normally screened by guards at the gate. |
| Our correspondent said incidents of this nature were very rare despite the large number of Israeli citizens who carry firearms. | Our correspondent said incidents of this nature were very rare despite the large number of Israeli citizens who carry firearms. |