Turkish police arrests relatives of man who shot Russian ambassador

Reports by Turkish media reveals that six people including the mother of the off-duty policeman who killed a Russian ambassador, his father, sister and two other relatives were held in the western province of Aydin, while his flatmate in Ankara was also detained.

The art gallery where the Russian ambassador, Andrey Karlov, was shot in the back as he gave a speech in Ankara on Monday by the police officer shouting “Don’t forget Aleppo” and “Allahu Akbar”, has been sealed up with police pacing up and down behind a cordon outside the premises of the gallery.

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Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdogan described the killing of the Russian ambassador as an attempt to undermine NATO-member Turkey’s relations with Russia – ties long tested by the war in Syria in comments also re-echoed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Erdogan informed that he had agreed in a telephone call with Putin to step up cooperation in fighting terrorism noting that “the bandits” who committed the act would feel retribution.

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