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Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was assassinated today. The killer gives the impression of some grievance on Aleppo.
Russia’s ambassador shot
Update: Warning, graphic video: Ambassador shot while speaking at a lectern.
CNN is reporting that the Russian ambassador in Turkey has been shot.
(CNN)Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, was shot Monday at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency reported.
Karlov began his diplomatic career in 1976 and has been the ambassador to Turkey since 2013, according to a profile on the website for the Russian Embassy in Ankara.
A body lies on the ground as a man with a pistol gestures at the scene of a shooting in Ankara, Turkey, on December 19.
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