'Don't forget Aleppo', said gunman before gunning down Russian ambassador

December 19, 2016 23:37

The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot dead in an attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital on Monday by a gunman shouting Dont forget Aleppo.

A Russian foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed the death of envoy Andrei Karlov, which marked one of the most serious spillovers of the Syria conflict into Turkey.

Russia is a close ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and its air strikes were instrumental in helping Syrian forces end rebel resistance last week in the northern city of Aleppo.

The Anadolu news agency said the gunman had been neutralised soon after the attack. Relations between Moscow and Ankara have long been fraught over the conflict, with the two supporting opposing sides.

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said her country considered this as a terrorist act.

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