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The New York Times is reporting:
Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting "God is great!" and "don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!" in what Russia called a terrorist attack.
The gunman, who was described by Ankara's mayor as a policeman, also wounded at least three others in the assault, which was captured on Turkish video. Turkish officials said he was killed by other officers in a shootout.
"The attack comes at a bad time: Moscow and Ankara have only recently restored diplomatic ties after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft in November 2015," the Stratfor think-tank said.
"Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."
[...] Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as Russian-backed Syrian forces have fought for control of the eastern part of Aleppo, triggering a stream of refugees.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @11:53PM
No amount of kill cams is gonna improve ISIS recruitment when their leaders are getting droned on their turf.
If there is footage, it should be released. Sensitivity to the family and worries about terrorist propaganda should take a back seat to the truth.
(Score: 3, Informative) by pe1rxq on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:25AM
Why should it be released? Just because you want to see blood? You don't believe it is the 'truth' unless you get to see a man getting shot?
The truth won't be any different after you personally have seen the footage.
Why should they make it easy for random people on the internet to satisfy their bloodlust when they will get nothing usefull out of it?
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday December 20 2016, @08:53PM
Would you prefer they satisfy it in a more direct manner?