Istanbul nightclub shooter caught

Following the New Year's eve shooting in a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, that claimed over 38 lives, the police in Istanbul have reported the arrest of the shooter in a mass spree of bullets. According to the Turkish media, the shooter identified as Abdulgadir Masharipov  was captured in an apartment in Istanbul's Esenyurt district during a massive police operation late on Monday, security sources told state-run Anadolu Agency.

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The shooter who had been on a nation manhunt following the deaths of so many persons had been on the radar of the Turkish forces after the attacks that killed 39 persons at the reina nightclub in Istanbul.

The attacker who sprayed over 120 bullets on the Bosphorus left over 69 persons injured, with some of the party nightclubbed goers as foreign nationals.

Four other people, including a man of Kyrgyz origin and three women, were reportedly detained along with Masharipov.

Earlier. ISIS had claimed responsibility for the Istanbul attack, saying it was a reprisal action for the Turkish government continued interference in the Syrian affair.    

Of the 39 dead, 27 were foreigners, including citizens from Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia and Morocco.

At least 69 people were also wounded in the attack.

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