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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: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:02AM
> "Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."
To the contrary this will improve ties. It will be seen as a crime against both Turkey and Russia, they will have a common enemy in terrorists. It will provide both countries with further justification for authoritarian actions against minorities. Double bonus if Erdogan can spin it as more gulenist plotting against him, like he did with coup.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:37AM
Bingo:
Russia, Turkey pledge need for more efforts to 'fight terrorism' [reuters.com]
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