‘It being reported in Ankara that the policeman named as the gunman who shot the Russian ambassador had been assigned to PROTECT him.
Local media Posta reported that he had been in the role for around a week – yet to be officially confirmed – before he shot his victim in the back today.
It is known that the gunman – named locally as Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş – had entered the exhibition hall by showing his police identity cards.’