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| Russian ambassador dead: Video shows assassin shouting 'Allahu Akbar' after shooting Andrey Karlov | |
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| Video has emerged of the moments after a gunman shot dead the Russian ambassador to Turkey in Ankara. | Video has emerged of the moments after a gunman shot dead the Russian ambassador to Turkey in Ankara. |
| Andrey Karlov was several minutes into a speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition in the capital when a man wearing a suit and tie shouted "Allahu akbar" and fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience. | Andrey Karlov was several minutes into a speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition in the capital when a man wearing a suit and tie shouted "Allahu akbar" and fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience. |
| It was reported that the gunman shouted in Turkish: "Don't forget Aleppo. Don't forget Syria." | |
| The man then yelled: "Stand back. Stand back. Only death will take me out of here. | The man then yelled: "Stand back. Stand back. Only death will take me out of here. |
| "Anyone who has a role in this oppression will die one by one." | "Anyone who has a role in this oppression will die one by one." |
| He also shouted "Allahu akbar," the Arabic phrase for "God is great" and continued in Arabic: "We are the descendants of those who supported the Prophet Muhammad, for jihad." | He also shouted "Allahu akbar," the Arabic phrase for "God is great" and continued in Arabic: "We are the descendants of those who supported the Prophet Muhammad, for jihad." |
| Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the announcement in a live televised statement. | Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the announcement in a live televised statement. |
| Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Monday that the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, had died after being shot by a gunman. | Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Monday that the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, had died after being shot by a gunman. |
| "Today in Ankara as a result of an attack, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkey, Andrey Gennadyevich Karlov, received a wound from which he died," Zakharova said. | "Today in Ankara as a result of an attack, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkey, Andrey Gennadyevich Karlov, received a wound from which he died," Zakharova said. |
| "We regard this as a terrorist act. | "We regard this as a terrorist act. |