"We die in Aleppo, you die here" gunman quoted yelling as he shot #Russia ambassador to #Turkey .
After firing multiple rounds, the gunman shouted: "Allahu akbar (God is greatest). Do not forget Aleppo! Do not forget Syria! Do not forget Aleppo! Do not forget Syria!"
"Only death will remove me from here. Everyone who has taken part in this oppression will one by one pay for it," he said.
The assassination of a Russian diplomat Monday in Ankara was chillingly captured on camera, but Turkish officials say the real motive of the killer, who shouted "Allahu Akbar" and claimed to be avenging attacks on Aleppo, remains unclear. Authorities quickly named Turkish police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, as the apparent Islamist gunman who murdered Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, during an art show. Altintas yelled “Allahu akbar” and specifically mentioned the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo after shooting Karlov in the back, but no terror group has yet taken credit for the attack.
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