Russian ambassador killed by gunman in Turkey

(DAILY MAIL) The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot dead by a Turkish police officer at an art gallery in Ankara tonight.

Ambassador Andrey Karlov, 62, was repeatedly shot at close range by a gunman shouting: ‘Allahu Akbar (God is Great). We die in Aleppo, you die here!’

The shooter has been named on social media as Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, 22, a police officer from the Ankara police special forces department.