Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov.

Statement by Vladimir Putin in the wake of assassination of Russian ambassador in Turkeyhttps://t.co/SFbnYqtblw — James Murphy (@zappertista) December 19, 2016

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered his condolences following the assassination of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov on Monday.

Putin said it was “certainly a provocation aimed at disrupting the normalisation of Russian-Turkish relations and at derailing the peace process in Syria, which is actively promoted by Russia, Turkey, Iran and other countries interested in the settlement of the Syrian conflict.”

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A photo of the Russian ambassador on the ground was posted on Twitter moments moments ago.

#TURKEY

Russian ambassador shot in Turkey in serious condition. Reason seems #Russia‘s involvement in #Syria

following protests pic.twitter.com/wRzlv03FMS — ❌Shame Turkey (@StopTurkishGov) December 19, 2016

This is reportedly a photo of the assassin!

He was shouting, ‘Allahu Akbar!”

At least 4 people were reportedly injured in the attack.