2 Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Mevlut Mert Altintas, the gunman who killed Russia’s Ambassador to , during an attack during a public event in .

Ankara photography on Monday. of a truce. Six people have Centre in central Ankara on out the links,” said Erdogan, team of Russian The brazen killing stunned been detained over the Karlov Tuesday as part of a joint probe without specifying further. investigators arrived in Ankara and , which assassination, including the with Turkey. Erdogan said in ATurkey yesterday to probe have rowed repeatedly over sister, mother, father and uncle a speech in Istanbul that he Orthodox rites the assassination of Moscow’s the conflict but in recent of the 22-year-old Altintas, and Putin agreed in a phone Karlov’s body, draped in a ambassador in an Ankara art weeks have begun cooperating Turkish media said. call after the murder that “our Russian flag, was given a gallery, as both sides pledged closely on the evacuations from Adding to the jitters, with expanding areas of cooperation ceremonial farewell with full the murder would not damage war-wrecked Aleppo. Turkey already on high alert with Russia, particularly on state honours on the tarmac improving relations. An unprecedented three- after a string of deadly attacks, Syria, will not be hampered by of Ankara’s Esenboga Airport This tragedy forces all Veteran diplomat Andrei way meeting on Syria between an individual also fired outside this attack”. before being put on a Russian of us to fight more deci- Karlov was shot nine times the foreign ministers of Turkey, the US embassy in Ankara plane for Moscow. sively against terrorism. in the back by off-duty Russia and Iran went ahead overnight. Gulen links? Watched by his widow For this reason, I very Turkish policeman Mevlut in Moscow Tuesday despite Ankara mayor Melih Gokcek, clutching a candle, an much hope that our Mert Altintas at the opening the assassination, with the ‘Waved through security’ known for his outspoken Orthodox Russian priest read talks and the upcom- of an exhibition of Russian diplomats backing a widening In response to the killing, comments, speculated on the last rites and swung incense ing three-way meet- Russian President Vladimir Twitter that the gunman may over the coffin. ing with our Iranian Andrei Karlov’s coffin and his widow Putin on Monday ordered his be linked to the group of exiled Foreign Minister Mevlut colleague will allow us top diplomat and spy chiefs Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, Cavusoglu announced in to reach agreements, travelled back to Russia. The coffin to look into boosting security blamed for the July coup aimed Moscow that the street where which will through con- at Russian diplomatic missions at toppling Erdogan. the embassy is located would crete actions advance was carried by an honour guard and around the globe. His suggestion was be named after the 62-year- the settlement in Syria” A Russian investigative team also repeated in the pro- old envoy, a career diplomat Sergei Lavrov loaded onto a hearse to the sound of visited the scene of the attack government press. who had notably served as Russian Foreign Minister sombre music from a military band. at the Contemporary Arts “We have started to work ambassador to . US missions in Turkey closed Russia, Iran, Turkey agree on after overnight shooting incident Ankara at 3:50am (0050 GMT) the need to widen Syria truce he United States yesterday Tuesday, hours after a Turkish closed its missions to policeman shot dead Russian Moscow TurkeyT for the day after a ambassador Andrei Karlov as ussia, Iran and Turkey shooting incident overnight he was opening a photography agreed yesterday to outside the American embassy exhibition. Rguarantee Syria peace talks and in Ankara that followed the The US embassy is located backed expanding a ceasefire assassination of the Russian in Ankara directly on the other in the war-torn country, ambassador in the Turkish side of the street from the arts laying down their claim as capital. centre where the shooting took the main powerbrokers in the “An individual approached place in the Turkish capital. conflict. the US Embassy Ankara main The United States has “Iran, Russia and Turkey gate and discharged a firearm,” repeatedly warned its citizens are ready to assist in preparing the embassy said in a statement, of security risks in Turkey. the agreement in the making adding no-one was hurt and “The US Mission reminds between the Syrian government Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (3L), his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu (5R) and the individual was detained. US citizens to review and the opposition and to Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (4R) attend a meeting in Moscow As a result, the embassy personal security plans” and become its guarantor,” Russian the importance of widening Turkish foreign minister jihadist groups Islamic State and consulates in Istanbul and to “maintain a high level of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov the ceasefire, of free access for Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the and Al-Nusra Front, the former Adana were closed for normal vigilance and take appropriate said in Moscow. humanitarian aid and movement ceasefire should cover the entire name of ex-Al-Qaeda affiliate operations, it added. steps to enhance your personal “The ministers agree with of civilians on Syrian territory.” Syrian territory but exclude the Fateh al-Sham Front. The incident took place security,” it said.