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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 Tuesday December 20 2016, @11:11AM
Even if the killer happens to be assiciated to a terrorist organization, this specific action was not a terror attack, or an act of terror. It was an assassination, plain and simple. The killer murdered a specific person for what that person is/represents.
A terror attack doesn't actually target those killed; those are just means to an end, causing fear in the general public. This act has no potential to do that; it is a targeted murder of a politician. It is still a very wrong and despicable act, but it's not terror. It's assassination, nothing more, nothing less.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:09PM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday December 22 2016, @12:41AM
I'd differentiate thus, without getting into corner cases and details:
Assassination can be anyone, for any reason. Object is primarily to make them dead. Might even look like natural causes, suicide, or accident.
Terrorism is about instilling fear in the living as a lever for getting your way. Assassination may be a method or byproduct, but is not really the main goal.
In this case, the killing accomplished both.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.