Suspects, linked to opposition figure Gulen, are accused of helping gunman who was killed by special forces shortly after he assassinated ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara
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A Turkish court has sentenced five people to life in prison over the 2016 assassination of Russia s ambassador to the country.
Andrei Karlov was fatally shot at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital Ankara by an off-duty police officer on December 19.
The gunman, Mevlüt Mert Altintas, was later shot and killed by other officers at the scene. The gunman had claimed he wanted to punish Moscow for its support for the Syrian regime which was then in the process of taking over Aleppo after an intense bombing campaign
Turkish prosecutors had concluded that a criminal network, led by US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen, was behind Karlov s slaying. A total of 28 people including Gülen, were charged over the ambassador s killing.
5 Sentenced to Life in Turkey for Russian Envoy s Murder March 9, 2021 Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated in 2016 while attending an art exhibition in Ankara. Burhan Ozbilici / AP / TASS
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced five suspects to life in jail over the 2016 murder of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara, state news agency Anadolu reported.
The suspects were accused of links to the 22-year-old gunman, Mevlut Mert Altintas, who was killed by Turkish special forces shortly after he shot dead Karlov at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital.
Karlov was 62 and had been appointed envoy to Turkey in 2013, when relations between the two countries were severely complicated by the raging war in Syria.