Daily Mail: Horror as Russian ambassador to Turkey is shot dead in art exhibition in Ankara by well-dressed gunman screaming: 'Allahu Akbar... We die in Aleppo, you die here'
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* Andrei Karlov, 62, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was shot dead tonight at a gallery in Ankara
* Gunman Mevlüt Mert Altintas, 22, was a member of the Ankara special forces police department
* The killer shouted: 'Allahu Akbar (God is Great). We die in Aleppo, you die here!' as he brandished the gun
* The assassination follows days of protests in Turkey over Russia's role in the bombing of Aleppo, Syria
The Russian ambassador to Turkey was tonight shot dead by a Turkish police officer at an art gallery in Ankara.
Ambassador Andrei Karlov, 62, was repeatedly shot in the back at close range by a gunman shouting: 'Allahu Akbar (God is Great). We die in Aleppo, you die here!' He also screamed: 'Only death will take me out of here.'
Gunman Mevlüt Mert Altintas, 22, an off-duty member of the Ankara special forces police department, fired into the air before taking aim at the ambassador. Three others were also injured, according to local media.
A video of the horrific attack shows Altintas, dressed in a suit and tie, pacing the gallery while brandishing a gun in one hand. The killer was shot dead after a 15-minute standoff with police.
Putin has declared the assassination a 'provocation' while a Kremlin spokeswoman called it a 'terror attack'.
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3 comments:
WNU,
I'm curious, the Russian ambassador didn't seem to have his own security detail. I realize that with an inside job there is no time, but even after the shots when the shooter was standing there, I saw no sign of them.
James .... I am surprised too. Turkey is a conflict zone, and it is Russian FO protocol to have a security detail when you go to a public event like this one. But there was no one there. Someone screwed up, and I suspect that it was the ambassador himself who made the decision that he did not need one. I am willing to bet that in the Russian FO in Moscow they are now having multiple discussions about this.
WNU,
"I am willing to bet that in the Russian FO in Moscow they are now having multiple discussions about this."
I bet some of those discussions are of the "frank" variety that we hear about.
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