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Who's behind Russian diplomat's murder in Ankara?

Turkish officials are seeking the true motive behind the slaying of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov at a public event in Ankara Dec. 19.
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The Dec. 19 assassination of Andrei Karlov, Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, could have come straight out of a Terrorist 101 handbook — and perhaps it did.

The authorities are examining potential motives for the slaying, including the possibility that the assassin was a Gulenist pretending to be a jihadist.

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