Russian ambassador shot in Ankara, Turkey

Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot and “seriously wounded” after a gunman stormed into a building where the official was attending a Russian photo exhibition.


"Ua wehe kahi kanaka ʻike ʻole i ke ahi i ka wā o kahi hanana lehulehu ma Ankara. ʻO ka hopena, ua loaʻa i ka ʻelele Lūkini i Turkey kahi ʻeha pū," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina o ko Rūkia ʻo Maria Zakharova i ka poʻe nūpepa.

Wahi a ka ʻike hou loa mai ka Russian Foreign Ministry, ua mālama ʻia ʻo Karlov i kēia manawa a ʻaʻole i lawe ʻia i kahi haukapila kūloko, e like me ka mea i hōʻike mua ʻia.

Ua ʻeha ka ʻelele, ʻo Andrey Karlov, ma hope o kona kokoke ʻana e hāʻawi i kahi haʻiʻōlelo ma ka wehe ʻana o ka hōʻike "Russia i nā maka o Turks."

ʻO nā kiʻi i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻike ana i ka mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa e lawe ana i ka pū i kēia manawa ke hoʻolaha nui ʻia nei ma luna o ka pūnaewele media. Hoʻopuka pū nā mea hoʻohana i nā kiʻi a lākou e ʻōlelo ai e hōʻike ana i ka ʻelele Lūkini e waiho ana ma ka honua ma hope o ka pana ʻana.

ʻO ka mea hana hewa, e ʻaʻahu ana i ka lole a me ke kāʻei, hoʻōho ʻo 'Allahu Akbar' ('He nui ke Akua' ma ka ʻōlelo Arab) i ka wā o ka hoʻouka ʻana, hōʻike ʻo AP, e haʻi ana i kā lākou mea paʻi kiʻi.

Ua ʻōlelo pū ka mea hoʻouka i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo ma ka ʻōlelo Lūkini, e like me ka ʻoihana nūhou, a ua hōʻino i kekahi o nā kiʻi ma ka expo.

Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hoʻolaha Turkish NTV he ʻekolu mau kānaka ʻē aʻe i ʻeha i ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka ʻelele.

Ua pepehi ʻia ka mea hoʻouka kaua e Turkish Special Forces, ua hōʻike ʻia e ka hui nūhou Turkish Anadolu. ʻO Russian Interfax, e haʻi ana i kahi kumu i ka pūʻali koa Turkish, ua hōʻoia pū ʻia ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka pū.

ʻO ka nūpepa ʻo Hurriyet, me ka haʻi ʻana i kā lākou mea hoʻolaha ponoʻī, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka i nā kiʻi ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ka lewa ma mua o ka huli ʻana iā Karlov.

Wahi a ka pepa, ua hoʻopuni ka Special Forces i ka hale kahi i hoʻouka ʻia ai ka hoʻouka kaua a ke ʻimi nei i ka pū.

Wahi a nā mea hōʻike ke hana nei nā mākaʻi i kahi pana pua me ka mea hoʻopiʻi.

Waiho i ka manaʻo