A gunman tries to enter the U.S. Embassy in Ankara
A gunman tried to enter the US Embassy in Ankara, police neutralised the attacker and took him into custody, Daily Sabah reported.
Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov died after he was badly wounded in an armed assault in Ankara Dec. 19, Turkish newspaper Milliyet reported.
The ambassador was taken to a hospital, but died there. The assailant was killed in an ensuing police operation.
The attack on the ambassador was carried out when Karlov was on the podium in order to deliver a speech at a photo exhibition in the Ankara Center for Contemporary Art.
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