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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 file photo, Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty policeman, shouts after shooting Andrei Karlov, right, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, at an art gallery in Ankara, Turkey. Altintas was killed by police shortly afterwards. A trial against nine people accused of involvement in Karlov's killing, begins in Ankara on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Turkey: 28 on trial over Russian ambassador’s slaying

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends a farewell ceremony for the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Fethullah Gulen, U.S.-based cleric, rejects links to Russian envoy’s killing

By Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press

Authorities identified the shooter as 22-year-old Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty member of the city's riot control force. The gunman wounded at least three others during the assault before he was killed in a 15-minute chaotic shootout with security forces at the gallery. (Associated Press)

Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to Turkey, killed amid shooting at photo exhibition

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times