Russian Foreign Ministry issues statement confirming ambassador to Turkey's death, considers killing terrorism
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Monday that the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, had died after being shot by a gunman.
"Today in Ankara as a result of an attack, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkey, Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov, received a wound from which he died," Zakharova said. "We regard this as a terrorist act." Karlov was shot at an art gallery in the Turkish capital on Monday by a gunman shouting "Don't forget Aleppo".
The matter would be raised at the UN Security Council later on Monday, she added. "Terrorism will not win and we will fight against it decisively," said Zakharova. "The memory of an outstanding Russian diplomat, Andrei Gennadyevich Karlov, a person who did a great deal to fight terrorism in his diplomatic post, will always be in our hearts."
