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Two detained a month after Karlov assassination
 [Hurriyet Daily News] The organizer of the photography exhibition where Russian Ambassador to ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... Andrey Karlov was assassinated has been detained along with an Ankara police officer, almost a month after the killing. The exhibition organizer, identified only by the initials T.Ö., and the police officer, whose identity was not disclosed, were detained on Jan. 17 after the former’s statements alleging that the gunman, Mevlut Mert Altintas, may have visited the arts center three days before the attack. In his statement right after the shooting, T.Ö. had also said they thought Altintas was an official bodyguard before the killing took place. Altintas was rubbed out by police at the scene while he was delivering a speech after shooting Karlov. The police officer, meanwhile, is suspected of protecting Altintas at the police department where he used to work. Ambassador Karlov was rubbed out on Dec. 19, 2016 by Altintas, who entered the gallery with his police ID and was standing behind the victim at the time of the liquidation. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-19 |
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