Photo, above: Russian Ambassador to Turkey with his assassin behind him
The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, has been assassinated at an art exhibit in Ankara by an individual now identified as a Turkish police officer.
The assassin, shouting, “Do not forget Aleppo!” and “Allahu akbar,” declared that the murder of the Russian ambassador was in retribution for Russian military support of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, which recently retook Aleppo from ISIS.
This attack has all the signs of an ISIS-inspired or -ordered assassination. Russian officials immediately labeled the assassination a “terrorist attack,” unlike Barack Hussein’s administration which will likely term it “museum violence.”
#VIDEO WITH SOUND#BREAKING: Shooting moment of #Russian Ambassador to #Turkey Andrey Karlov.
The gunman: "Revenge for Aleppo, God is great" pic.twitter.com/RWkCulEWzu— Djan Erik (@djanerik) December 19, 2016
.@lrozen: Full translation of 44-second video of Turkish gunman who killed Russian ambassador. https://t.co/7f7ZGTjZZS pic.twitter.com/y0lWyllB2i
— Barın Kayaoğlu (@barinkayaoglu) December 19, 2016
#BREAKING: #Hurriyet newspaper says that the gunman is still in the building. #Russian #Ambassador Andrey Karlov to Turkey shot in #Ankara. pic.twitter.com/aLiCTBxBd4
— Djan Erik (@djanerik) December 19, 2016
The gunman who killed Russian Ambassador has been identified
Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş
Ankara Riot Police
Born 1994
Graduate from Izmir Police Sc https://t.co/lXWArOygF4— Djan Erik (@djanerik) December 19, 2016