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posted by on Monday December 19 2016, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly

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.

Reuters adds:

"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.


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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:25PM

    by Reziac (2489) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:25PM (#444046) Homepage

    Doubt it. From what I've heard it's coincidental.

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday December 21 2016, @01:03AM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday December 21 2016, @01:03AM (#444146) Journal
    Probably.

    After Obama went and said this: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/15/obama-threatens-retaliation-against-russia-election-hacking/95501584/ they might be a bit more prone to conspiracy theories than before however.
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    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Wednesday December 21 2016, @01:48AM

      by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday December 21 2016, @01:48AM (#444161) Homepage

      Yeah, that was just dumb. Hopefully Putin will remain patient and will just wait for the nonsense to leave office.

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