Russian ambassador to Turkey dead after being shot in 'assassination attempt in revenge for Aleppo'

Mirror ^ | Updated17:02, 19 DEC 2016 | Chris kitching

[GonzoII]

Russia's ambassador to Turkey has been assassinated allegedly in retaliation for the crisis in Aleppo.

The gunman reportedly said in Turkish "We die in Aleppo, you die here" before opening fire and injuring Ambassador Andrei Karlov.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

We never should have let Turkey into NATO. Huge mistake. My BIL is Turkish-born. He just got home to Illinois from visiting his family last night. I’m sure glad he’s back!

[DCBryan1]

I feel bad for the gunman.

I don't, but I do feel for the fingers, toes, and ears of his mom, daughters, nieces, grandparents, aunts, cousins, neighbors, dog, etc.

[OKSooner]

Vlad is really not going to like this, and I won’t blame him one bit.

[Yaelle]

Unlike our Ambassador to Libya, this guy will be avenged

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So sad. And yes. I just find it weird that this happens when weenie Obama has been accusing and threatening Putin.

[SpinnerWebb]

He certainly has plausible cause...

Obama warns Russia on hacking: ‘We can do stuff to you’

[Darksheare]

ISIS is supported by Toy Yip Errrrrdogan.
Toy Yip is stupid enough to do that to protect his investment in ISIS.

[TheDon]

This is how world wars begin.

[kingu]

My first thought was ‘Russian ambassador assassinated in a NATO country.’

My second thought was how long will it take the FBI and CIA to jointly determine that Russia arranged the assassination to affect the electoral college vote today.

[Fightin Whitey]

Was that wrong?

Should I not have done that?

Hell, Hillary left an Ambassador, an info officer and two of our nation's finest to bleed in the streets, and if anything that was seen as a plus by the left.

[silverleaf]

You haven’t been paying attention to what Kadryov’s special forces (some of the most proficient in the world) have been doing to help Putin in Syria, since some Chechen national are (were?) fighting for ISIS

[bgill]

The old KGB guard won’t be pleased.

[katana]

The wire service reports all say he has died. One mentioned the ambassador was at the gallery without a security escort. That one’s hard to fathom or believe. And the assassin supposedly showed police ID to get in. Doesn’t help that Russia and Turkey have been blood enemies for the past five or six hundred years and the latter is a major member state in NATO. The temptation in the Obama White House will be to not let this crisis “go to waste”.

[Old Yeller]

How is it an assassination attempt if the Ambassador is dead?

Because it was a near miss.

[HereInTheHeartland]

Not really a popcorn moment .

[McGruff]

BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking 4 minutes ago

Gunman shouted “don’t forget about Aleppo, don’t forget about Syria” after shooting of Andrei Karlov in Ankara

http://bbc.in/2i77Sx0

[OneVike]

Attempt?

Seems like the assassin succeeded in assassinating him.

[ex91B10]

Same way he can be dead and “injured”

[Future Snake Eater]

Footage of the shooting.

[Yaelle]

Waiting to see Putin’s reaction.

Also Barry’s.

Hope PE Trump handles this delicately.

[Batman11]

If I’m Putin, I blame this on Bozo. Really not good.