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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Karlov_sui-q%C9%99sdi" title="Andrey Karlov sui-qəsdi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Andrey Karlov sui-qəsdi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A1%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%AF%DB%8C" title="آندری کارلوف سوءقصدی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آندری کارلوف سوءقصدی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Убийство на Андрей Карлов – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Убийство на Андрей Карлов" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassinat_d%27Andrei_K%C3%A0rlov" title="Assassinat d'Andrei Kàrlov – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Assassinat d'Andrei Kàrlov" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentatet_p%C3%A5_Andrej_Karlov" title="Attentatet på Andrej Karlov – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Attentatet på Andrej Karlov" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attentat_auf_Andrei_Gennadjewitsch_Karlow" title="Attentat auf Andrei Gennadjewitsch Karlow – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Attentat auf Andrei Gennadjewitsch Karlow" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Karlovi_atentaat" title="Andrei Karlovi atentaat – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Andrei Karlovi atentaat" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%B9_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%86" title="Δολοφονία του Αντρέι Κάρλοφ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δολοφονία του Αντρέι Κάρλοφ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asesinato_de_Andr%C3%A9i_K%C3%A1rlov" title="Asesinato de Andréi Kárlov – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Asesinato de Andréi Kárlov" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Karloven_hilketa" title="Andrei Karloven hilketa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Andrei Karloven hilketa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81" title="ترور آندره کارلوف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ترور آندره کارلوف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassinat_d%27Andre%C3%AF_Karlov" title="Assassinat d'Andreï Karlov – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Assassinat d'Andreï Karlov" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asasinato_de_Andrei_Karlov" title="Asasinato de Andrei Karlov – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Asasinato de Andrei Karlov" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%EB%93%9C%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4_%EC%B9%B4%EB%A5%BC%EB%A1%9C%ED%94%84_%EC%95%94%EC%82%B4_%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4" title="안드레이 카를로프 암살 사건 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="안드레이 카를로프 암살 사건" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B5_%D4%BF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB_%D5%BD%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Անդրեյ Կառլովի սպանություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անդրեյ Կառլովի սպանություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE" title="आंद्रेई कार्लोव की हत्या – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आंद्रेई कार्लोव की हत्या" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembunuhan_Andrei_Karlov" title="Pembunuhan Andrei Karlov – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pembunuhan Andrei Karlov" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%98_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ანდრეი კარლოვის მკვლელობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ანდრეი კარლოვის მკვლელობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrejaus_Karlovo_%C5%BEmog%C5%BEudyst%C4%97" title="Andrejaus Karlovo žmogžudystė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Andrejaus Karlovo žmogžudystė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassini_del_Andrei_Karlov" title="Sassini del Andrei Karlov – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Sassini del Andrei Karlov" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moord_op_Andrej_Karlov" title="Moord op Andrej Karlov – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Moord op Andrej Karlov" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E6%9A%97%E6%AE%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6" title="アンドレイ・カルロフ暗殺事件 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アンドレイ・カルロフ暗殺事件" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zab%C3%B3jstwo_Andrieja_Kar%C5%82owa" title="Zabójstwo Andrieja Karłowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Zabójstwo Andrieja Karłowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassinato_de_Andrei_Karlov" title="Assassinato de Andrei Karlov – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Assassinato de Andrei Karlov" 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shootdown</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Andrei Karlov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Balyun_airstrikes" title="2020 Balyun airstrikes">Balyun airstrikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Kafr_Takharim_airstrike" title="2020 Kafr Takharim airstrike">Kafr Takharim airstrikes</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict">Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict</a></li></ul> <hr /> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism_in_Europe" title="Islamic terrorism in Europe">Spillover in Europe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Karlov" title="Andrei Karlov">Andrei Karlov</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Russia_to_Turkey" title="List of ambassadors of Russia to Turkey">Russian Ambassador to Turkey</a>, was <a href="/wiki/Assassinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassinate">assassinated</a> by Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, an off-duty <a href="/wiki/Turkish_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish police">Turkish police</a> officer,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at an art exhibition in <a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> on the evening of 19 December 2016. The assassination took place after several days of protests in Turkey over <a href="/wiki/Russian_involvement_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War">Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo_offensive_(November%E2%80%93December_2016)" title="Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)">battle over Aleppo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 275px; clear: right; 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class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The assassination took place after an extended period of a highly polarized political atmosphere in Turkey,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and several days of protests by Turks against Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War and in particular the battle over Aleppo.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russian and Turkish officials held talks on brokering a ceasefire in Syria during the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo_offensive_(November%E2%80%93December_2016)#Ceasefires_and_evacuation" title="Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)">evacuation of Aleppo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia, Turkey and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> planned to meet to negotiate a settlement over the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assassination">Assassination</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Assassination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, had been invited to deliver a speech at the opening of an exhibition of Turkish photography of the Russian countryside. The exhibition, "Russia through Turks' eyes", was being held at the municipality owned Çağdaş Sanat Merkezi centre for modern arts in Ankara's <a href="/wiki/%C3%87ankaya_District" title="Çankaya District">Çankaya District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mevlüt Altıntaş entered the hall using his police identification, leading gallery security and attendees to believe he was one of Karlov's personal bodyguards.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCNews20Dec_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCNews20Dec-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karlov had begun his speech when Altıntaş suddenly fired several shots at the Russian ambassador from the back, fatally wounding him and injuring several other people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After shooting Karlov, Altıntaş circled the room, smashing pictures that were on display and shouting in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: "<a href="/wiki/Takbir" title="Takbir"><i>Allahu Akbar</i></a> (God is great). We are the descendants of those who supported the Prophet Muhammad, for jihad. Do not forget Aleppo, do not forget Syria" and "We die in Aleppo, you die here".<sup id="cite_ref-:3_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Independent_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after, Altıntaş was fatally shot by Turkish security forces.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Karlov was taken to the hospital, but died from his injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motivation">Motivation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Motivation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Turkish_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish President">Turkish President</a> <a href="/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a> declared that the shooting was designed to disrupt the warming of <a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Russia–Turkey relations">Russia–Turkey relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> suggested a possible motive was revenge for the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Russian Air Force</a>'s targeting of rebel-held areas in <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although seemingly an act of revenge against Russian military involvement in Aleppo as part of the ongoing <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>, some have suspected <a href="/wiki/Anti-Russian_sentiment" title="Anti-Russian sentiment">anti-Russian sentiment</a> to be the cause of the attack. In a statement, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a>-elect of the United States <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> accused the assassin of being "a radical Islamic terrorist".<sup id="cite_ref-Conway_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conway-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allegations of involvement by the <a href="/wiki/Salafi_jihadism" title="Salafi jihadism">jihadist</a> movements of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">Islamic State</a> (IS) and <a href="/wiki/Jabhat_Fatah_al-Sham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabhat Fatah al-Sham">Jabhat Fatah al-Sham</a> (formerly known as Al-Nusra Front/<a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> in Syria) have been made.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (July 2022)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Turkish authorities reportedly investigated Altıntaş' links to the <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BClen_movement" title="Gülen movement">Gülen movement</a>; in a speech, Erdoğan said that the perpetrator was a member of "FETÖ".<sup id="cite_ref-ABCNews20Dec_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCNews20Dec-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>In contrast, Russian officials have accused the shooter of aiming to damage <a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Turkey_relations" title="Russia–Turkey relations">Russia–Turkey relations</a><sup id="cite_ref-Vladimir_Putin_says_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vladimir_Putin_says-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Putin_says_Turkey_ambassador_murder_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Putin_says_Turkey_ambassador_murder-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which had been normalizing since the <a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_attempt" title="2016 Turkish coup attempt">2016 Turkish coup attempt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Five_Sentenced_to_Life_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Five_Sentenced_to_Life-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Trial_Begins_Over_Alleged_Plot_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trial_Begins_Over_Alleged_Plot-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gülen described the killing as a “heinous act of terror” that pointed to a deterioration of security in Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The attack was praised by IS and <a href="/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front" title="Al-Nusra Front">al-Qaeda</a> affiliated accounts on <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Social_media_Heavy_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Social_media_Heavy-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The words spoken by the assassin are similar to the unofficial anthem of Jabhat Fatah al-Sham.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>President Tayyip Erdogan tried to attribute the assassination to the Gülen movement, but offered no evidence to support the claim.<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_arrest_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_arrest-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Turkish and Russian officials alike condemned the killing, calling it an attempt to sabotage Turkish-Russian relations,<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_Whykill_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_Whykill-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russian officials were hesitant to attribute the killing to the Gülen movement before further investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-CNNAmbassador_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNNAmbassador-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Independent_Putin_says_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent_Putin_says-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_Putin_Says_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_Putin_Says-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People_involved">People involved</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: People involved"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victim">Victim</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Victim"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Andrei_Karlov" title="Andrei Karlov">Andrei Karlov</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg/220px-Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="347" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg/330px-Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg/440px-Andrey_Karlov_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="904" data-file-height="1424" /></a><figcaption>Andrei Karlov, the victim of the assassination, in 2016.</figcaption></figure> <p>Born in Moscow in 1954, Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_State_Institute_of_International_Relations" title="Moscow State Institute of International Relations">Moscow State Institute of International Relations</a> and the Diplomatic Academy. He began his career with the government at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Soviet Union)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR</a> in 1976. Karlov spoke fluent <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a> and held various diplomatic positions at the Russian embassy to <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, including as <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Russia_to_North_Korea" title="List of ambassadors of Russia to North Korea">Russian ambassador to North Korea</a> from June 2001 to December 2006. He had been <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_Russia_to_Turkey" title="List of ambassadors of Russia to Turkey">Russian ambassador to Turkey</a> since July 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Andrei Karlov is the fourth Russian diplomat to have died in the line of duty, after <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Griboyedov" title="Alexander Griboyedov">Alexander Griboyedov</a> (killed as Imperial Russian ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar Persia</a> in 1829), <a href="/wiki/Vatslav_Vorovsky" title="Vatslav Vorovsky">Vatslav Vorovsky</a> (killed as Soviet representative to the <a href="/wiki/Lausanne_Conference_of_1922%E2%80%931923" title="Lausanne Conference of 1922–1923">Lausanne Conference</a> in 1923), and <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Voykov" title="Pyotr Voykov">Pyotr Voykov</a> (killed as Soviet ambassador to Poland in 1927).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Perpetrator">Perpetrator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Perpetrator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The assassin was identified as <b>Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Turkish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="tr-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Turkish" title="Help:IPA/Turkish">[mevˈlyt<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈmæɾt<span class="wrap"> </span>aɫˈtɯntaʃ]</a></span>; 24 June 1994 – 19 December 2016), an off-duty Turkish <a href="/wiki/Cevik_Kuvvet" class="mw-redirect" title="Cevik Kuvvet">riot police</a> officer.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After failing the university placement exam twice,<sup id="cite_ref-Reuters_23_Dec_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters_23_Dec-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he graduated from <a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a> Police School in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sister was quoted as saying that "he started to <a href="/wiki/Salah" title="Salah">perform prayer five times a day</a> in police school".<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served on an elite Ankara riot police unit for two and a half years, and had been part of the security detail for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on eight occasions since July 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Turkish newspaper reported that Altıntaş had been suspended in early October 2016 for suspected involvement in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Turkish_coup_attempt" title="2016 Turkish coup attempt">2016 Turkish coup attempt</a>, but returned to duty in mid-November.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Altıntaş had visited <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> several times. Following the assassination, his activities in Qatar have been under investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-Qatar_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qatar-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Altıntaş' body was rejected by his family; his parents stated that "We are ashamed of him because of the murder and we will not claim the body of a traitor." His body was buried in a cemetery for unclaimed corpses.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/17/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov.jpg/220px-Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="271" data-file-height="370" /></a><figcaption>Image by <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> photographer <a href="/wiki/Burhan_Ozbilici" title="Burhan Ozbilici">Burhan Ozbilici</a> of Altıntaş shouting after shooting Karlov, who lies to his right.</figcaption></figure> <p>The day after the killing, Turkish authorities arrested a number of Altıntaş' family members in his home <a href="/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n_Province" title="Aydın Province">province of Aydin</a>, as well as his flatmate in Ankara, holding the family members for one day.<sup id="cite_ref-221a_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221a-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Russia)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)">Russian Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Sergey Lavrov</a> also confirmed that a Russian investigative team was scheduled to arrive in Turkey on 20 December to assist with the investigation.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 January 2017, Turkish prosecutors said the entirety of Altıntaş' <a href="/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a> had been deleted from his <a href="/wiki/Gmail" title="Gmail">Gmail</a> platform two-and-a-half hours after the assassination, by which point Altıntaş had been shot dead by police.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2017 <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> told the Turkish prosecutors requesting the emails that all of Altıntaş' emails had been irrecoverably deleted.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> photographer <a href="/wiki/Burhan_Ozbilici" title="Burhan Ozbilici">Burhan Ozbilici</a> was at the exhibition when the assassination occurred, and he reflexively took photos of the gunman, which were described as "iconic" and "[the] most powerful and shocking documentary photos of this year".<sup id="cite_ref-:2_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The photo would later win the <a href="/wiki/World_Press_Photo_of_the_Year" title="World Press Photo of the Year">World Press Photo of the Year</a> award.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2017 book <i><a href="/wiki/Death_Makes_the_News" title="Death Makes the News">Death Makes the News</a></i> by Jessica M. Fishman, which focuses on the media's representation of the dead, uses a censored version of the photo as its cover.<sup id="cite_ref-:52_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:52-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Putin,_Lavrov,_Bortnikov,_Naryshkin_(2016-12-19).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Putin%2C_Lavrov%2C_Bortnikov%2C_Naryshkin_%282016-12-19%29.jpg/220px-Putin%2C_Lavrov%2C_Bortnikov%2C_Naryshkin_%282016-12-19%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Putin%2C_Lavrov%2C_Bortnikov%2C_Naryshkin_%282016-12-19%29.jpg/330px-Putin%2C_Lavrov%2C_Bortnikov%2C_Naryshkin_%282016-12-19%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Putin%2C_Lavrov%2C_Bortnikov%2C_Naryshkin_%282016-12-19%29.jpg/440px-Putin%2C_Lavrov%2C_Bortnikov%2C_Naryshkin_%282016-12-19%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1160" /></a><figcaption>Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> discussing countermeasures after the assassination</figcaption></figure> <p>Many governments and <a href="/wiki/Heads_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of state">heads of state</a> condemned the attack and offered condolences to the family of Karlov and other victims of the shooting, as well as to the Russian people.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State" title="Islamic State">ISIS</a> has not claimed responsibility for the assassination, it has been celebrated by its supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Islamist <a href="/wiki/Army_of_Conquest" title="Army of Conquest">Jaish al-Fatah</a> coalition, which includes the <a href="/wiki/Jabhat_Fatah_al-Sham" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabhat Fatah al-Sham">Jabhat Fatah al-Sham</a> (formerly Al-Nusra Front), claimed responsibility for the assassination, according to the <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_Egypt" title="List of newspapers in Egypt">Al-Youm Al-Sabea</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatari</a> journalist, Elham Badar, said the shooting was a "human" response to "Russian barbarism" in Aleppo and elsewhere in the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Daily_News" title="New York Daily News">New York Daily News</a></i> columnist <a href="/wiki/Gersh_Kuntzman" title="Gersh Kuntzman">Gersh Kuntzman</a> attracted criticism when he compared Karlov's murder to the assassination of Nazi German diplomat <a href="/wiki/Ernst_vom_Rath" title="Ernst vom Rath">Ernst vom Rath</a> by Jewish student <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Grynszpan" title="Herschel Grynszpan">Herschel Grynszpan</a>, saying "justice has been served."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A woman on the board of <a href="/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Media_Network" title="Al Jazeera Media Network">Al Jazeera</a> said that she believes the murder of Andrey Karlov was justified because of the bloodshed to which Russia has contributed in the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkish_reaction">Turkish reaction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Turkish reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Turkey, President <a href="/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a> said in a video message that "Turkey-Russia relations are vital for the region and those who aimed to harm ties were not going to achieve their goals", after having spoken to Russian president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>, adding that they "both agreed the assassination of Russia's ambassador to Ankara by a gunman was an act of provocation by those looking to harm relations of our countries."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Turkish <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Turkey)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)">Foreign Ministry</a> pledged to spare no effort to not let "this attack cast a shadow on the Turkish-Russian friendship."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ministers_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Turkey)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)">Turkish Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Mevl%C3%BCt_%C3%87avu%C5%9Fo%C4%9Flu" title="Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu">Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu</a> announced that the street in which the Russian embassy is located would be named after the ambassador.<sup id="cite_ref-221a_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-221a-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Turkey temporarily banned access to <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WhatsApp" title="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</a> after the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A week later, it also banned broadcasting images of the attack while an investigation was underway.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russian_reaction">Russian reaction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Russian reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman <a href="/wiki/Maria_Zakharova" title="Maria Zakharova">Maria Zakharova</a> said: "Terrorism will not pass. We will fight it decisively."<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Vladimir Putin stated he believes "a crime has been committed and it was without doubt a provocation aimed at spoiling the normalization of Russo-Turkish relations and spoiling the Syrian peace process which is being actively pushed by Russia, Turkey, Iran and others". He also ordered heightening of security measures at Russian embassies worldwide, and stated that "we need to know who guided the hand of the murderer".<sup id="cite_ref-:5_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zaslon_(Russia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zaslon (Russia) (page does not exist)">Zaslon</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5)" class="extiw" title="ru:Заслон (спецподразделение)">ru</a>]</span> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">«Заслон»</span>) was criticized for lack of proper protection of Ambassador Karlov following his 19 December 2016 assassination.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transnational_repression_by_Russia" title="Transnational repression by Russia">Transnational repression by Russia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assassination_of_Andrei_Karlov&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/20/gun-used-assassinate-russian-ambassador-turkey/">"What Gun Was Used to Assassinate the Russia's Ambassador to Turkey?"</a>. <i>thefirearmblog.com</i>. 20 December 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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