Security tight around Istanbul club two days after attack

Record ID: 162923

  • Title: Security tight around Istanbul club two days after attack
  • Date: 2nd January 2017
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JANUARY 2, 2017) (REUTERS) CARS DRIVING PAST REINA NIGHTCLUB RIOT POLICE LINED UP AT THE ENTRANCE TO CLUB VARIOUS OF SPECIAL POLICE FORCES MOUNTING SECURITY AT SITE VIEW OF BOSPHORUS BRIDGE VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF REINA NIGHTCLUB BOSPHORUS BRIDGE VARIOUS OF EXTERIORS OF NIGHTCLUB
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2017 09:02
  • Keywords: Turkey attack gunfire. wounded casualties nightclub gun attack newspapers nightclub
  • Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015XDZLFR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE RESENDING THIS EDIT TO REMOVE THE SHOT WITH THE TWITTER CLAIM DUE TO BROADCAST REPORTING RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES ON THIS STORY
    Islamic State claimed responsibility on Monday (January 2) for a New Year's Day mass shooting in a packed Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, an attack carried out by a lone gunman who remains at large.
    The jihadist group made the claim in a statement on one of its Telegram channels, a method it has used to claim attacks in the past. There was no immediate comment from Turkish officials.
    "In continuation of the blessed operations that Islamic State is conducting against the protector of the cross, Turkey, a heroic soldier of the caliphate struck one of the most famous nightclubs where the Christians celebrate their apostate holiday," the statement said.
    NATO member Turkey is part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State and launched an incursion into Syria in August to drive the radical Sunni militants from its borders.
    The shooting at the Reina nightclub on the shores of Istanbul's Bosphorus waterway shook Turkey as it tries to recover from a failed July coup and a series of deadly bombings in cities including Istanbul and the capital Ankara, some blamed on Islamic State and others claimed by Kurdish militants.
    Nationals of Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Lebanon, Libya, Israel, India, a Turkish-Belgian dual citizen and a Franco-Tunisian woman were among those killed, officials said. Saudi newspaper al-Riyadh said five of the dead were from Saudi Arabia.
    Security services had been on alert across Europe for new year celebrations following an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed 12 people. Only days ago, an online message from a pro-Islamic State group called for attacks by "lone wolves" on "celebrations, gatherings and clubs".
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