Yazata
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Reports that a heavily-armed gunman, dressed in a Santa Claus hat, entered one of Istanbul's hippest nightclubs, crowded by an estimated 500 people on New Years Eve, and started shooting. Not clear what kind of weapon he had. Istanbul's governor says that 35 are dead and more than 40 wounded. The nightclub is popular with tourists as well as the more Westernized sort of Turkish 20-s0methings, so it is likely that there are foreigners among the dead and wounded. Stylishly dressed partiers were said to be jumping into the Bosphorus to escape the gunfire.
The gunman managed to escape. He is still on the loose. According to the Turkish Dogan News Agency, the attacker spoke Arabic.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Year-s-Eve-gun-attack-Istanbul-nightclub.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/1...-new-years-attack-on-istanbul-night-club.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...b/news-story/fffb5e73b5db2457fb0e2cdc73867b13
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-attack-idUSKBN14K0NH
The gunman managed to escape. He is still on the loose. According to the Turkish Dogan News Agency, the attacker spoke Arabic.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Year-s-Eve-gun-attack-Istanbul-nightclub.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/1...-new-years-attack-on-istanbul-night-club.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...b/news-story/fffb5e73b5db2457fb0e2cdc73867b13
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-attack-idUSKBN14K0NH
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