Two U.S. Marines from the USS Wasp had been attacked Monday throughout a port go to in Izmir, Turkey, in response to a Navy spokesperson.
The Marines, a part of the twenty fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit, had been “on liberty” on the time of the incident and brought to an area hospital for analysis as a precaution, mentioned U.S. Navy Cmdr. Timothy Gorman, U.S. Sixth Fleet spokesperson. The Marines have since returned to their ship.
“Native Izmir police and the Naval Felony Investigative Service are cooperating in an investigation of the incident,” Gorman mentioned. “No Marines have been detained by authorities and people concerned are cooperating with investigators.”
The Navy is not at present disclosing extra particulars in regards to the nature of the incident, corresponding to what the Marines had been doing on the time or which suspects attacked them.
The USS Wasp is a part of a marine expeditionary unit on a routine deployment to the jap Mediterranean Sea. The twenty fourth Marine Expeditionary Unit not too long ago accomplished a bilateral coaching train with Turkey within the area.