All you need to know on the gunman who killed the Russian ambassador

Home World All you need to know on the gunman who killed the Russian ambassador 19-12-2016 03:30 PM Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A gunman shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov, at an art exhibition on Monday while shouting out “Aleppo” and “revenge” as he fired, an eyewitness said. The gunman was a policeman who was off duty entered the hall using a policeman ID, while journalists who were present thought he was one of the ambassador's personal bodyguard. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in in video message that the attacker was Mevlut Mert Aydintas, who worked for Ankara riot police for over two years. Read also: Russian Ambassador shot dead in Ankara At least 15 to 20 bullets were shot in total by both the gunman and the police. He killed the ambassador while injuring three others during the assassination. After shooting the ambassador, he repeated the infamous phrase of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "you will not have security, even in your dreams until we live it in reality in our countries." He was then killed by the police. *Al Arabiya

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All you need to know on the gunman who killed the Russian ambassador

19-12-2016 03:30 PM

Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - A gunman shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Ankara, Andrey Karlov, at an art exhibition on Monday while shouting out “Aleppo” and “revenge” as he fired, an eyewitness said.

The gunman was a policeman who was off duty entered the hall using a policeman ID, while journalists who were present thought he was one of the ambassador's personal bodyguard.

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in in video message that the attacker was Mevlut Mert Aydintas, who worked for Ankara riot police for over two years.

Read also: Russian Ambassador shot dead in Ankara

At least 15 to 20 bullets were shot in total by both the gunman and the police. He killed the ambassador while injuring three others during the assassination.

After shooting the ambassador, he repeated the infamous phrase of former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden "you will not have security, even in your dreams until we live it in reality in our countries."

He was then killed by the police.

*Al Arabiya

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