A gunman wearing a suit and tie and shouting "Allahu Akbar" shot and killed Russia's Ambassador to Turkey as he gave a speech at a photo exhibition on Monday. Turkish police fatally shot the gunman, Turkish station NTV reported.
Ambassador Andrei Karlov was several minutes into his speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition in the capital, Ankara, when the gunman fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience. The attacker also smashed several of the photos hung for the exhibition.