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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, @10:55PM
Does anybody know why it is so rare to see an actual shooting on video? This video (like pretty much every other one) shows the aftermath of the shooting, but not the actual shooting itself. I'd write it off as cultural sensitivity to death, but we see tons of it staged in TV and movies all the time.
Usually it's masked by a shaky hand camera (it's reasonable, given amateur filmings of police confrontations/etc), but this one seems like it would be pre-set.
Does anybody have any insight into this?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @11:28PM
The pictures of this event were absurd. The guy murdered someone and then had the trigger discipline to get his finger up so he didn't shoot anyone else by accident.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:53PM
Of course he did. He had the training; he was an off-duty cop.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @02:04PM
So, trained to murder selectively?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @11:37PM
Like the Islamic State doesn't have enough footage already without our help. These videos would be used by them for propaganda. There's no point in releasing it.
(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?
(Score: 2) by TGV on Tuesday December 20 2016, @08:39AM
This might not have been ISIS. The shooter explicitly mentions Aleppo, which is not ISIS territory.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:55AM
Yet ;)
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 19 2016, @11:50PM
I'd say it's because even in the smartphone age, you still have to be in the right place at the right time. You can't just record all day unless you planned to and have spare battery power. I saw the photo of the guy's dead body. He may have been wandering and mingling around the gallery, not giving a speech. No reason to film his every movement, and when the action went down it probably happened in seconds. There may have been less press around since it was a "secure" event (attacker had the necessary ID).
The good news is that this could help explain why UFO videos suck so bad. Everyone is caught off guard, and the smartphones take a while to start recording and don't take great imagery.
I would love to have dedicated camera button(s) on my next smartphone. Depending on implementation, you could have it open the camera app or start recording immediately.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday December 20 2016, @03:18PM
The same reason they always catch the second kid who throws a punch on the playground. You hear the sound of the first thing, then start looking/filming.
The Zapruder film shows the actual shooting because he happened to be filming already.
Plus, y'know, not everybody (e.g. me) wants to see the gore. Maybe somebody has footage and it's just not being aired?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"