Witness to an assassination: AP photographer captures attack

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Witness to an assassination: AP photographer captures attack

Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici was covering a photo exhibition in Ankara when a gunman opened fire, assassinating Russia’s ambassador to Turkey. He recounts the chaos that unfolded as he captured the scene.

via AP NEWS: https://www.apnews.com/eadca282d5d341a79bb464bbadc4fa11

The gunshots, at least eight of them, were loud in the pristine art gallery. Pandemonium erupted. People screamed, hid behind columns and under tables and lay on the floor. I was afraid and confused, but found partial cover behind a wall and did my job: taking photographs.