Assassination of Andrei Karlov
Andrei Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty Turkish police officer, 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.
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| "Washington Post: Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara by off-duty police officer". The Washington Post. |
| Assassination of Andrei Karlov | |
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| Part of Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War | |
Ankara Ankara (Turkey) | |
| Location | Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 39.9086°N 32.8576°E |
| Date | 19 December 2016 20:15 |
| Target | Andrei Karlov |
Attack type | |
| Weapons | Canik 55 TP9 Compact 9mm pistol |
| Deaths | 2 (Karlov and the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş |
| Motive | Discontent at Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War |
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