The Russian ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot in the capital city of Ankara. Andrey Karlov was shot in the back as he made a speech at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital.
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Mr Karlov was several minutes into a speech at the embassy-sponsored exhibition when a man wearing a suit and tie shouted "Allahu akbar" and fired at least eight shots, according to an AP photographer in the audience.
Mr Karlov died of his wounds, Russia's state-run RIA news agency reported, citing an unnamed source.
There was no official confirmation of the death from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Turkish police shot and killed the gunman, Turkey's NTV reported.
Russia has said it regards the killing of its ambassador to Ankara "as a terrorist attack".
"Today in Ankara as a result of an attack, the ambassador of the Russian Federation to Turkey, Andrey Gennadyevich Karlov, received a wound from which he died," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"We regard this as a terrorist act."
Mr Karlov had represented Russia in the country since 2013.
