(VOVworld) - Turkish media reported that a Russian woman has been arrested in connection with the killing of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov in December.

Turkish police officers cordon off the area close to a photo gallery where Andrei Karlov was killed by a gunman in Ankara, on Dec. 19, 2016. (photo: AP)

They said the woman, identified only as 33-year-old Yekaterina B, is suspected of having contacted police officer Mevlut Altintas and the Russian Cultural Center in Ankara in November, weeks before Altintas fatally shot Karlov at a photo exhibit there.
The Sputnik news agency said the Russian Embassy in Ankara has asked Turkey to provide details of the arrest.