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Russian Ambassador To Turkey Killed In Shooting by Keegan: 8:59pm On Dec 19, 2016
The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot and killed in the Turkish capital Ankara Monday.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed Andrei Karlov had died after he was shot during an event at the Cagdas Sanatlar Merkezi, an exhibition hall in a section of Ankara that's home to most foreign embassies.
"Today in Ankara as a result of an attack the Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov received wounds that he died from," Zakharova said . "We qualify what happened as a terrorist act.

Karlov was speaking at a Russian embassy-sponsored photo exhibition titled "Russia as Seen by Turks" when he was shot.
The AP said one of its photographers was at the scene and reported a man wearing a suit and tie shouted "Allahu Akbar'' and fired at least eight shots.
"Don't forget Aleppo! Don't forget Syria!" he then shouted in Turkish. "You will not taste safety unless our towns are safe. Only death can get me out of here! Whoever has a share in this tyranny [in Syria] will pay for it one by one.''
A witness told VOA that attendees passed through a metal detector to get into the exhibit, but it didn't appear there was additional security due to the Russian ambassador's presence.
"[We] threw ourselves to the ground with the gunshot sounds," Bahar Bakir, a diplomacy reporter to Haberturk TV, told VOA's Turkish service. "I saw that the gun was aimed at the ceiling and I saw the ambassador on the ground unfortunately."
Bakir said she heard 20-30 shots as she and others ran from the scene of the shooting.
Police create a barrier in Ankara after a gunman shot Russia's ambassador to Turkey at an art exhibition. (Y.Yazicioglu/VOA)
The Turkish news channel NTV reported that police later shot and killed the gunman.
Authorities in Turkey imposed a temporary blackout on coverage of the shooting.
Killer was policeman
Suleyman Soylu, Turkey's interior minister, said the assassin was a policeman who worked for Ankara's riot police squad the past 2 1/2 years.
He identified the attacker as Mevlut Mert Altintas, born in 1994, and said the killing was "a terror attack" on Russia-Turkey relations.
"We will not allow this attack to cast a shadow on Turkey-Russia relations," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin about the incident by phone, a Turkish official said.
Russia's RIA news agency said security around the Russian embassy in Ankara has been increased following the shooting.


http://www.voanews.com/a/russian-ambassador-to-turkey-wounded-in-shooting/3642086.html

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Something must kil a man,rip man
Re: Russian Ambassador To Turkey Killed In Shooting by Kudan: 9:11pm On Dec 19, 2016
wow the thing is becoming stronger.
Re: Russian Ambassador To Turkey Killed In Shooting by Godprotectigbos(f): 9:18pm On Dec 19, 2016
Christ
Re: Russian Ambassador To Turkey Killed In Shooting by Mynd44: 9:18pm On Dec 19, 2016

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