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Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish police officer,[4] at an art exhibition in Ankara, Turkey on the evening of 19 December 2016. The assassination took place after several days of protests in Turkey over Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War and the battle over Aleppo.[5][6][7]
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^"What Gun Was Used to Assassinate the Russia's Ambassador to Turkey?". thefirearmblog.com. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
^"Prosecutors seek life sentence for defendants in Russian ambassador's killing – Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 March 2020.
^Oliphant, Roland; Pitel, Laura (21 December 2016). "Russian ambassador's assassin 'guarded Recep Tayyip Erdogan'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
^"Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov shot dead in Ankara". BBC News. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
^Walker, Shaun; Shaheen, Kareem; Chulov, Martin (19 December 2016). "Russian ambassador to Turkey killed in Ankara shooting". The Guardian.
^Bektas, Umit; Coskun, Orhan; Gumrukcu, Tuvan (19 December 2016). "Russian ambassador shot dead in Ankara gallery". Reuters.
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