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Russian Ambassador In Turkey Killed By Shooter Screaming "Allahu Akbar" - Live Feed
by Tyler Durden
Dec 19, 2016 11:15 AM
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Update 4: According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia views the attack as a terrorist act and will raise the matter at a UN Security Council meeting. Furthermore, according to local Yeni Safak,
the assassin is said to be a police officer. * * *
Update 3: The attacker reportedly identified himself as a police officer as he entered the exhibition, a Turkish military source told Interfax. “We have information, from one of the witnesses, that the attacker presented himself as a police officer, showing the relevant ID at the entrance. This information is being checked right now,” the source is quoted as saying.
The perpetrator, who was wearing a suit and a tie, shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ (‘God is great’ in Arabic) during the attack, AP reports, citing their own photographer. The attacker also said several words in Russian, according to the news agency, and damaged several of the photos at the expo.
Turkish authorities have stepped up security at the Russian embassy in Ankara following the attack, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
The German embassy in Turkey condemned the attack in a tweet.
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Update 2: US equity markets stumbled and gold and bonds were bid as
safe havens as the headlines hit...
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Another video of the moment of the shooting:
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