A Russian citizen who was allegedly linked with Mevlut Altıntaş, killer Russian Ambassador in Turkey Andrey Karlov, arrested in Ankara, RIA Novosti reported.
Suspected Russian name is Catherine, she is 33 years old, the investigation found that she maintained telephone contact with Altıntaş until the end of November, and communicated with him via WhatsApp messenger.
Before the Minister of internal Affairs of Turkey, Suleyman Soylu said that the investigation revealed: the murder of the Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov was carefully planned and the offender did not act alone.
Andrew Charles was killed on 19 December in Ankara during a speech of the exhibition. According to investigators, the murder was committed by a police officer mevlüt MERT Altıntaş. It eliminated immediately after the attack. The Russian foreign Ministry, the murder of Charles qualified as a terrorist attack.
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