ANKARA
A Turkish prosecutor on Thursday sought life imprisonment for defendants accused of taking part in the assassination of a former Russian ambassador to Turkey in 2016.
On Dec. 10, 2016, Andrei Karlov was addressing people at an event in the Turkish capital Ankara when he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer linked to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group responsible for 2016's failed coup in Turkey.
Prosecutors demand multiple aggravated life sentences in prison for a total of eight defendants.
The indictment also pointed out that the killing of Karlov was "a provocative action against Turkish-Russian ties."