Former producer of the local TV channel TRT has been arrested over the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov.

According to Cumhuriyet, local prosecutor Adem Akinci questioned the head of a Turkish media group in the court of Ankara. The court decided to arrest the former producer on charges of “murder”.

On December 19, a gunman attacked Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, while he was giving a speech at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital city of Ankara. Karlov was rushed to hospital in critical condition, but he could not be saved. The assailant, who was shot dead by police, was later identified as Ankara police officer Mevlüt Mert Altıntas.