Karlov was shot by a gun while making a speech at a photography exhibition in the Turkish capital, the Russian embassy said, adding that it believed that it was a radical Islamist attack. (…) Hürriyet Ankara representative Deniz Zeyrek said the attacker first shot into the air and later shot the envoy in the back. (…) It has also been reported that the attacker entered the scene by showing a police identity and wearing a suit.