Turkish police were questioning Tuesday the suspected jihadist who slaughtered 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub, after capturing him in a raid on a residential area of the city after a long manhunt.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak told a national television outlet that the yet-unnamed jihadi responsible for killing dozens at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub on New Year’s Eve is likely a member of the Uighur Muslim ethnic minority, which makes its home in China and central Asia.
Turkey ended a turbulent 2016 with a terrorist attack targeting the heart of Istanbul’s tourist industry, leaving the neighborhood with closed businesses and empty streets.
Elite Turkish police arrested several people Thursday during fresh raids over the nightclub attack that killed 39, as authorities tightened Turkey’s borders to prevent the fugitive killer from escaping.
An opinion column in Yeni Şafak, a pro-Erdogan Turkish newspaper, accuses the United States of “leading” the Islamic State, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and the alleged terrorist group run by Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Turkey said Wednesday it had identified the gunman behind the New Year’s attack on an elite Istanbul nightclub that killed 39, as efforts intensified to catch the suspected jihadist before he strikes again.
Turkish authorities on Tuesday intensified efforts to identify and detain a suspected jihadist who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, and who reportedly fought in Syria alongside Islamic State jihadists.
Thousands of people attended the funeral of an Israeli teenager Tuesday morning who was killed in a shooting attack at an Istanbul club during New Year’s festivities.
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says a criminal complaint has been filed against people who used social media to praise the deadly New Year’s attack at a nightclub in Istanbul, as well as against several people who demonized the New Year celebration or threatened attacks.
Shot in the arm and slumped behind a table, Francois al-Asmar played dead as the gunman walked through the exclusive Istanbul nightclub shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground.
Some Arab social media users expressed sorrow over Saturday’s blast in Istanbul, in which Saudi, Lebanese and Israeli citizens were hurt, while others said it was a punishment for those who celebrated a Christian festival in an “immoral” nightclub.
The father of the Israeli killed in the New Year’s Eve attack in Istanbul said on Sunday that he had tried to stop his 18-year-old daughter from traveling to Turkey.
Israel will bring back the body of a teenage girl, killed in Sunday’s terrorist attack in an Istanbul nightclub, from the Arab town of Tira.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Istanbul shooting that killed 39 people and wounded scores of others.
One of the revelers at the Istanbul night club which came under attack during New Year celebrations early Sunday described the chaos and panic as people tried to escape a gunman intent on killing as many as possible.