Ankara: The Russian ambassador to Ankara Andrei Karlov died after being shot in a gun attack in the Turkish capital, the foreign ministry in Moscow said on Monday, describing the incident as a “Terrorist Act”.
“Today in Ankara as a result of an attack the Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov received wounds that he died from,” ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova said in televised comments, adding “we qualify what happened as a terrorist act”.
According to the reports, the ambassador had been visiting an exhibition called “Russia as seen by Turks”
Andrei Karlov was immediately rushed to hospital, reports said, but his death was later confirmed by the Russian foreign ministry.
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