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Family of Russian ambassador's killer released by police

Family members of the Turkish gunman who shot dead Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov have been released from police questioning.

A number of relatives of Mevlut Mert Altintas were taken into custody earlier this week as police attempted to establish the background to the shooting.

Karlov, the ambassador to Turkey, was shot in the back by Altintas, himself a member of security, as the Russian was giving a speech on Monday.

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Body of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is brought home

  • Video report by ITV News Senior International Correspondent John Irvine

The body of Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey who was gunned down by a Turkish policeman, was returned to his home today.

His widow and mother broke down in tears over his coffin, draped in a Russian flag, when it arrived at the Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow.

It came after the announcement that the street of the Russian Embassy in Turkey will be renamed after Karlov.

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