Russian ambassador shot dead in Turkey

MOSCOW (APS) December 19, 2016- The Russian ambassador to Ankara was wounded Monday in a gun attack in the Turkish capital, the foreign ministry in Moscow confirmed, with the Kremlin saying President Vladimir Putin had been informed.

“Today during a public event in Ankara an unknown attacker started firing chaotically, as a result of which the Turkish ambassador in Russia was wounded,” Russian news agencies cited spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Zakharova added that medics were trying to treat the envoy at the scene but that shooting continued, retracting an earlier report that he was taken to hospital.