Lessons From The Assassination Of A Russian Ambassador By Ami Tobin
On the evening of the 19th of December, 2016, the world was shocked as news started coming out about the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov. Karlov was shot from behind as he was delivering a speech at the Cagdas Sanat Merkezi Modern Arts Center in Ankara. The assassin, off-duty Turkish police officer Mevlüt Mert Altınta, showed his police credentials in order to appear like he was assigned as Karlov’s protection officer. He then got behind Karlov as he was delivering his speech and shot him a number of times. Altıntaş then made a number of religious and political statements, and was later shot and killed by police. It is certainly not every day that an ambassador gets assassinated, much less one from a major world power. And the fact that the entire event was captured in such high-definition footage makes it all the more astounding. But why is paying attention to case studies of this sort so important?
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