A Turkish court has put a broadcast ban on reporting of the investigation into last week’s murder of the Russian ambassador to Ankara Andrei Karlov, state media says on Tuesday.
A Turkish policeman opened fire on Karlov while he was delivering a speech at the opening of a photography exhibition, in an assassination that stunned Russia and Turkey.
An Ankara court agreed to a request by prosecutors for a ban on broadcasting images of the assassination — which was caught on film — as well as the investigation itself, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.
This includes news concerning witnesses, victims or suspects in the murder.
This picture taken on December 19, 2016 shows Andrei Karlov (bottom), the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor after being shot by Mevlut Mert Altintas (R) during an attack during a public event in Ankara. (AFP/Hurriyet/Hasim KILIC/Turkey Out)
The ruling says such news could be prejudicial to the investigation and to national security. The ban will last for the duration of the investigation.
It is not clear what prompted the ban one week after the December 19 murder but it comes one day after the daily Hurriyet published a detailed interview with the sister of the murderer Mevlut Mert Altintas.
— AFP
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