Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov Shot in Ankara
December 19th, 2016Via: CBS:
A gunman attacked Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, in the capital of Ankara on Monday.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement he was hospitalized with a gunshot wound. She added that the ministry would soon comment on “the attack on the Russian ambassador in Turkey”
Private NTV news channel reports Turkish police fatally shot the gunman.
The ambassador was several minutes into a speech at an embassy-sponsored photo exhibition in the capital, Ankara, when a man wearing a suit and tie shouted “Allahu Akbar” and fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience. The attacker also said some words in Russian and smashed several of the photos hung for the exhibition.
Hurriyet newspaper reporter Hasim Kilic, who was at the exhibit, said the gunman also shouted “For Aleppo!” when he launched his assault.
Officials have not provided details of the attack yet.
He shouted get out ..I got the one I came for…I don’t want to hurt anybody else…then he went into a rant about Aleppo, Syria and Russia.