What is Assassination of Andrei Karlov?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = Assassination of Andrei Karlov | partof = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | location = [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]] | target = [[Andrei Karlov]] | coordinates = | date = 19 December 2016 <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-<br />{{end date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | time = | timezone = | type = [[Shooting]], [[assassination]] | fatalities = | injuries = | victims = Andrei Karlov <!-- or | victim = --> | perpetrators = 22 year old [[police officer]] <!-- or | perpetrator = --> <!-- alias: | perps = or | perp = --> | assailants = <!-- or | assailant = --> | susperps = <!-- or | susperp = --> | weapons = | numparts = <!-- or | numpart = --> | dfens = <!-- or | dfen = --> | motive = | inquiry = | coroner = | accused = | convicted = | verdict = | convictions = | charges = | litigation = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = }} On 19 December 2016, [[Russia]]n [[diplomat]] '''[[Andrei Karlov]]''' was [[Ballistic trauma|shot]] dead during an [[exhibition]] in [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-ambassador-to-turkey-andrey-karlov-shot-ankara/ |title=Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov shot dead by Turkish cop in Ankara |date=December 19, 2016 |publisher=CBS News |access-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref> He was shot dead by an assailant who was angry about Russian [[wikt:involve|involve]]ment in [[Syria]] and the deaths of [[civilian]]s in [[Aleppo (city)|Aleppo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/world/europe/russia-ambassador-shot-ankara-turkey.html?_r=1 |title=Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Assassinated in Ankara |author=Tim Arango; Rick Gladstone |date=December 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 21, 2016}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} {{history-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlov, Andrei}} [[Category:2016 in Turkey]] [[Category:2010s murders in Asia]] [[Category:2010s in Ankara]] [[Category:Crime in Turkey]