weeks there have been several big ones. of course, none of them have targeted foreign dignitaries, let alone someone of such a high status at the ambassador level. it s unclear how russia or turkey will respond. we are awaiting an official claim of responsibility for who was behind this very deadly brazen attack. there has been a great deal of tension between turkey and russia over the last 12 months over the war in syria, right, with planes being shot at, apologies being made, and of course, there are kurdish separatists who have staged some of the terrorist attacks inside turkey. if they in fact now are targeting russian officials, we don t know that they are, this would be a serious development. reporter: well, of course. there are so many question marks in this. the thing to remember is all right. we appear to have lost muhammed lila. he s on the syria/turkish
all right. we have breaking news in to cnn. i do want to warn you, the pictures we are about to show are very very disturbing. we are getting word of an attack on the russian ambassador to turkey. he was shot while at an art exhibition in the capital of ankara. again, this happened in ankara. i believe we have pictures. if we do have pictures of this scene, can we put them up so viewers can see? there s a map showing you where ankara is. ankara of course, the capital of turkey right now. we are getting this word the russian ambassador was shot in the capital. he s been taken to the hospital. why does this matter? we do not know who is responsible for this attack. what we do know is both turkey and russia are now intimately involved with the war raging in syria. in fact, on different sides right now of that war raging in
moscow tomorrow that russia and iran and also turkey are taking part in as part of ongoing efforts to bring about an end to the syrian civil war. turkey s foreign minister is expected to attend that. certainly the relationship had made some dramatic strides just in the last six months, really, particularly i would say since the failed coup attempt against erdogan earlier this summer. we are getting a little bit more information about the ambassador who was shot. we know that his career began in 1976 as a diplomat. he served as the russian ambassador or then the soviet union ambassador to north korea. he later also served as the ambassador to south korea. he speaks korean, perhaps unsurprisingly, he studied at one of the most well-known diplomacy institutes here in moscow and was attending an exhibition called russia in the eyes of turks.
intimately involved in the war in syria right now. in fact, on different sides of that war though they have been negotiating for this cease-fire in syria for some time but there have been a number of tensions between these two countries over the last year or so. again, live pictures from ankara where the russian ambassador to turkey just shot and taken to the hospital. muhammed lila joins us live from the turkish/syria border. also with us is clarissa ward in moscow. i want to go first to muhammed right now to give us the latest information on what exactly is going on inside turkey. reporter: well, we understand that the russian ambassador, andrey karlov, may have been giving a speech when he was shot. we don t know how many gunmen were involved and of course, we don t yet have a formal claim of responsibility. we know there have been a number of terror attacks inside turkey just in the last few weeks, major terrorist attacks, in fact, but none of them have
border. you are looking at pictures coming in from cnn turk of this attack on the russian ambassador to turkey. he has been shot at an art exhibition. we need some answers as to who is responsible for this. it is an incredibly, incredibly tense location in this war with a lot at stake. we will find out details and get back to you. stay with us. so, mr. harris, we have your fingerprints on the safe. a photo of you opening the safe. a post using the hashtag #justrobbedthesafe