The Russian ambassador to Ankara died Monday after being shot in the Turkish capital, the foreign ministry in Moscow says, describing the incident as a “terrorist act”.
“Today in Ankara, as a result of an attack, the Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov received wounds that he died from,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in televised comments.
“We qualify what happened as a terrorist act,” she says. “The murderers will be punished.
“Today, this issue will be raised at the UN Security Council. Terrorism will not win out.”
The gunman, identified by the Ankara mayor as a Turkish policeman, shot the ambassador at an Ankara art exhibition, shouting “Aleppo” and “revenge”.
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin had been informed.
— AFP
A man gestures near to Andrei Karlov on ground, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
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