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Moscow is sending investigators to Turkey after a policeman shot dead Russia’s ambassador in Ankara.

Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, shot Andrei Karlov as he gave a speech on Dec. 19, apparently in protest at Russia’s involvement in Aleppo. It was not clear if the gunman, an Ankara riot police member who was later shot dead, had links to any group.

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