New Year’s nightclub gunman arrested in Turkey | Inquirer News

New Year’s nightclub gunman arrested in Turkey

/ 11:27 PM February 11, 2017

Reina Club attacker arrested in Istanbul - 16 Jan 2017

Reina club attacker after being caught by Turkish police in Istanbul, late Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Turkish media reports say police have caught the gunman who killed 39 people at an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations, detained during a police operation. (Depo Photos via AP)

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s state run news agency says the gunman suspected of killing 39 people in a nightclub attack on New Year’s Day has been arrested.

Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek citizen born in 1983, was caught at a hide-out in Istanbul on Jan. 16 after evading police for more than two weeks.

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The prosecutor demanded his arrest on charges of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, being a member of an armed terror organization, and murder, the Anadolu news agency reported Saturday.

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Authorities said the suspect was trained in Afghanistan and staged the attack for the Islamic State group.

IS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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