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| Gunman who shot Russian ambassador to Turkey named by Interior Minister | Gunman who shot Russian ambassador to Turkey named by Interior Minister |
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| The gunman who shot dead the Russian ambassador to Turkey has been named as Mevlut Mert Altintas. | The gunman who shot dead the Russian ambassador to Turkey has been named as Mevlut Mert Altintas. |
| Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said he was 22 years-old and worked for the police riot squad in Ankara for the past two-and-a-half years, PA reported. | |
| On social media, an image circulated apparently showing Altintas in a police uniform. | |
| Ambassador Andrey Karlov was speaking at an art exhibition in Ankara when the gunman opened fire. | |
| The attacker had been stood alone, wearing a dark suit, behind Mr Karlov as he spoke. | |
| Numerous shots were heard, before the attacker launched into a diatribe on the beleagured city of Aleppo in Syria. | |
| "We die in Aleppo, you die here" and "don't forget Aleppo, Syria," were heard shouted by the gunman during the attack. | |
| The city has been subject to an intense Russian bombardment in recent weeks. | |
| Altintas was born in 1994, Mr Soylu said, and born in the town of Soke in the western province of Aydin. | |
| He was shot by security forces after the assassination. | |
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