Sunday, January 1, 2017

Gunmen dressed as Father Christmas shoots 39 dead and wounds 69 in Istanbul celebrity nightclub on New Year's Eve

At least 39 people have been killed and 69 injured after a gunmen dressed as Santa opened fire in a nightclub in Istanbul


The city's governor has said the massacre was a terrorist attack

Medics carry a wounded person at the scene after an attack at the popular nightclub in Istanbul

Armed police raced to the scene at the Reina club in the Turkey's biggest city after the rampage began at around 1.15am local time


The attacker is believed to have arrived at the scene in a yellow taxi and wearing a Santa Claus outfit to disguise his intentions


Armed with a Kalashnikov, he shot his way into the venue after killing a policeman stationed on the door


The officer has been named as 21-year-old officer Burak Yildiz who had been in the job for just a year.


 

 


 Thirty five people were killed and a further 40 were injured in the atrocity, the city's governor announced

  Gunmen dressed as Father Christmas shoots 39 dead and wounds 69 in Istanbul celebrity nightclub on New Year's Eve

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