January 17, 2017
The Manhunt For The New Year’s Eve Killer Is Over
Turkish police arrested Uzbek national Abdulkadir Masharipov, the main suspect in the New Year’s Eve attack that killed 39 people in Istanbul. ISIS took credit for the attack, which killed citizens of Turkey, Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, calling it revenge for Turkey’s involvement in Syria. On Monday, security forces captured Masharipov at a friend’s house in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul. Dozens of people have been arrested in connection with the Reina Nightclub attack over the past two weeks, but authorities are confident Masharipov is indeed the main suspect.