28 charged in 2016 murder of Russian envoy

ANKARA

Turkish prosecutors have completed into the 2016 assassination of a Russian ambassador to Ankara, judicial sources said Friday.

Twenty-eight suspects, including Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) leader Gulen, were indicted, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

senior FETO members Serif Ali Tekalan, Emrullah Uslu Sahin Sogut were indicted.

The indictment has been submitted to an Ankara court.

The suspects are accused of violation of order, being of an armed terror group, and deliberate killing with of spreading terror.

In addition, the indictment says is an act of provocation targeting Turkey-Russia relations.

Andrei Karlov was assassinated at an Ankara art gallery on Dec. 19, by Mevlut Mert Altintas, an off-duty police officer linked to FETO. He was shot dead by police.

FETO and its U.S.-based leader Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup of July 15, that martyred 251 people and injured nearly 2,200 others.

Ankara accuses FETO of being behind a long-running campaign to overthrow the state through the infiltration of Turkish institutions, particularly the military, police, and judiciary.