Nightclub attack suspect captured in Turkey
Turkish authorities say the Uzbek national was trained in Afghanistan and had acted on behalf of Islamic State
Istanbul — Turkish authorities said on Tuesday they had captured a man suspected of being gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day. The Uzbek national they said was trained in Afghanistan and had acted on behalf of Islamic State (IS). The suspect, named by Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin as Abdulgadir Masharipov, was caught in a police raid late on Monday in a hideout in an outlying Istanbul suburb after a two-week manhunt. Masharipov, who was captured with four others, had admitted his guilt and his fingerprints matched those at the scene, Sahin said. "He knew four languages and was well-educated," Sahin said, adding he was born in 1983 in Uzbekistan and received training in Afghanistan. There were strong indications he entered Turkey illegally through its eastern borders in January 2016 and it was clear the attack was carried out on behalf of Islamic State, Sahin said. The jihadist group claimed responsibility a day after the mass shooting, saying it wa...
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