The coffin of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, who was assassinated by a Turkish policeman in Ankara on Monday, was sent to Russia with an official ceremony on Tuesday.
Members of a Turkish forces honor guard carried the Russian-flag-draped coffin of the late Ambassador Karlov and a picture of him during a ceremonial farewell with full state honors on the tarmac of Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Tuesday.
Veteran diplomat Karlov was shot nine times in the back by an off-duty Turkish policeman at the opening of an exhibition of Russian photography on Monday. The brazen killing stunned Ankara and Moscow, which have repeatedly been at odds over the Syria conflict but in recent weeks have begun cooperating closely on the evacuations from war-wrecked Aleppo.
