The first jihad attack of the year….
Istanbul attack: Dozens killed at Turkish nightclub, official says
By Euan McKirdy, Ian Lee and Madison Park, CNN
Updated 0523 GMT (1323 HKT) January 1, 2017
Story highlights
- Death toll from New Year’s club shooting rises to 39
- Interior Minister says that the attacker remains at large
- The gunman shot a police officer guarding the club, an official says
- The United States condemns the ‘atrocity’ and vows to work with Turkey
Istanbul (CNN)At least 39 people were killed and at least 69 wounded in an attack in a nightclub early Sunday as they were celebrating the new year, Turkey’s Interior Minister said.
“We are face to face with a terror attack,” Interior minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters.
Twenty-one of the dead have been identified, he said. Of those, 16 were foreign nationals and five were Turkish.
US officials also called it a terrorist attack, making it the first of 2017.