BREAKING: Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov has been shot at opening of an art exhibition in Ankara and is in critical conditionpic.twitter.com/kmHYyeErrR
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UPDATE: Shots heard now at the art gallery as Turkish special forces are engaging with the gunman who is inside the building
UPDATE: Reports that the gunman was shouting and mentioning #Allepo while shooting the Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov at the art gallery
UPDATE: The man to the right with the gun in his hand is the gunman, he was dressed and claimed to be a police officer, situation ongoingpic.twitter.com/925dd4OvNu
UPDATE: Reports in Ankara say the Russian ambassador has died out of his wounds, he was shot 5 times, picture of gunman before shootingpic.twitter.com/Pg8FemJ6Wn
UPDATE: The security operation to neutralize the gunman is over. It is unclear if the gunman was apprehended or killed
UPDATE: The assasin has been shot dead by Turkish security forces after he shot the Russian ambassador at the art gallery in Ankara
UPDATE: The gunman shouted "we die in Aleppo, you die here" as he shot the Russian ambassador 5 times, he was then killed by security forcespic.twitter.com/rEBl3GCxdy
UPDATE: As expected the Turkish government issues a gag order on all networks, from covering the assassination attempt to Russia ambassadorpic.twitter.com/K2q63rFbV6
BREAKING VIDEO: Footage of the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Ankara, Turkeypic.twitter.com/TRcITFEqQY
BREAKING UPDATE: Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov who wad shot at opening of an art exhibition in Ankara died after attackpic.twitter.com/Uc14zWfmo7
UPDATE new VIDEO: Clear footage of the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkeypic.twitter.com/nirxA8Z6jG
UPDATE: The shooter of the Russian ambassador to Turkey was a Turkish police officer, he was killed by police forces after the assassinationpic.twitter.com/n41jXJwgUA
UPDATE: Assasin that killed Russian Ambassador is Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş and was a Riot police officer in Ankara
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