Ottawa’s diplomats shocked by assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov

Conservative MP Peter Kent, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called the assassination 'barbaric,' and 'cowardly.'
Melvut Mert Altintas, 22, the gunman pictured after shooting Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey.
OTTAWA—Ottawa’s diplomatic corps reacted with shock at Monday’s news that Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, had been shot dead at a photo exhibition sponsored by the Russian embassy at Ankara's modern art centre.

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