Bullet traces inside Istanbul nightclub bear witness to New Year's Day attack

Record ID: 163067

  • Title: Bullet traces inside Istanbul nightclub bear witness to New Year's Day attack
  • Date: 4th January 2017
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JANUARY 4, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF TERRACE OF REINA NIGHTCLUB VARIOUS OF CHAIRS CHAOS AT BAR / BULLET HOLES AND SHATTERED GLASS ON THE FLOOR VARIOUS OF BULLET HOLES IN GLASS AND FURNITURE MORE OF REINA NIGHTCLUB INTERIOR VARIOUS OF BULLET HOLES RED FLOWERS ON BAR MORE OF BULLET HOLES INSIDE CLUB VARIOUS OF BULLET HOLES ON UPPER FLOOR SIGN AT BAR WITH COVERED FURNITURE VARIOUS OF VICTIMS' BELONGINGS VARIOUS OF TERRACE VARIOUS OF REINA CLUB SEEN FROM RIVER, FILMED FROM PASSING BOAT VARIOUS OF ARMED POLICE ON PATROL OUTSIDE REINA CLUB
  • Embargoed: 19th January 2017 12:30
  • Keywords: Turkey attack interior nightclub bullet hole Reina club traces
  • Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015XO17IF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Traces of the New Year's Day Istanbul attack could still be seen on Wednesday (January 4) inside Reina nightclub where a gunman killed 39 people.
    Bullet holes bore witness to the attack which also left dozens of people injured. Jackets, shoes and belongings of the victims left behind were still lying on sofas, chairs, tables and the floor, four days after the attack.
    Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said earlier on Wednesday that linking lifestyle differences with the attack at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Day was a deliberate attempt to divide the nation and that the state never meddled in how people lived.
    The gunman shot dead a police officer and a civilian at the entrance to the exclusive Reina nightclub on Sunday (January 1), then opened fire with an automatic rifle inside, reloading his weapon half a dozen times and shooting the wounded as they lay on the ground.
    The attack was claimed by Islamic State. Turkey has established the identity of the gunman, its foreign minister said, but the attacker himself remains at large.
    Police detained 27 people as part of the Istanbul nightclub attack investigation in the western city of Izmir on Wednesday, including women and children, who had travelled from Konya, the Dogan news agency said.
    Anadolu reported on Tuesday (January 3) that 14 people had been detained over the attack while NTV reported that two foreign nationals had been detained at Istanbul's main airport.
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