Russian ambassador to Ankara wounded in gun attack             

Russian ambassador to Ankara wounded in gun attack             

ISTANBUL: (APP) Russia's ambassador to Ankara Andrey Karlov was on Monday badly wounded in a gun attack while visiting an art exhibition opening in the Turkish capital, television reports said.

Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Alexey Y. Dedov

Karlov was hospitalised and several other people were wounded, NTV and CNN-Turk televisions said. The attack came after days of protests in Turkey over Russia's role in Syria.