Thirty five people have been killed in an armed attack in an Istanbul nightclub, the city's governor has revealed.

The gunman, believed to have been dressed in a Santa costume, opened fire inside the Reina nightclub in Istanbul's Ortaköy district, where hundreds were celebrating the New Year.

A further 40 people are thought to have been wounded in the attack, which has been captured in CCTV footage.

Special forces officers have stormed the building, but the location of the gunman is unknown.





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4079112/Many-wounded-New-Year-s-Eve-gun-attack-Istanbul-nightclub.html

Bokoharam and their brothers taking what they can't give.

Unfortunately Turkey is paying the price for once dinning with the devil.

Turkey officials already denied that the gunman dressed as Santa.

There are more enlightening topics in the foreign sections on nairaland but it seems nairaland prefers only bad news from foreign sections to hit front page. Because I know this topic must hit front page "it's bad news"

Mr seun I know u generate huge traffic from bad news but you can still educate and broaden the knowledge of members and visitors in this forum by pushing interesting topics from the foreign sections to front page and not irrelevant topics from celebrity sections like "Annie buys ice cream for her kids", "Anita Joseph takes selfie in the zoo" and other irrelevant news.

I hope this new year would bring a change in irrelevant topics gracing front page.

Happy new year

A survivor is taken away on a stretcher by ambulance staff after the attack.

That one na father xmas sharing death instead of gift...

t is believed that 17,000 police officers are on duty in the city tonght.

Evil men disguising with thing of God to harm Innocent people, I pity whoever should be behind this, JEHOVAH GOD is a patient God, but His wrath consumes life a raging fire...go ask Saul in de Bible

The Reina nightclub, in Istanbul, where the attack took place.

another paris

Jesuuuuu ni nu odun tuntun

BadNews beef up security Network France,Germany wonder why other country didn't do that also anyways it inevitable




HappyNewYear

This is becoming unbecoming .

A MUSLIM dressed like a Santa Claus. Take Note. Bloody f.ucking terrorists

It might be a revenge by the Russian because of their Ambassador that was killed few weeks ago in Turkey

Hmm. Its by his Grace we saw the New Year. No doubt

Its and in-house issue I guess... a country in Europe shouldn't suffer terror attack this extent without any plausible solution

richie9093:
Through all these years, I have never called any religion out but I'll break that rule. This is getting too much. These Islamists should pipe the fvck down.

Are you the only ones who have a god to worship? Is your god a vampire? why is he so bloodthirsty? Why do you people kill up and down in his name? wtf? On new year's day for that matter

I saw a video on of a victim having agonal breathing. she was suffocating on her own blood while gasping for air, blood spilled all over the blood. kilode? wọ́n fi ṣé yín ni?

Religion of peace, my ass. Everytime. ah ahn!! And the so called moderate Moslems hardly condemn these acts which means in a way, they support it.

Nonsense

Let's pull the bull by the Horn.... I have no reservation to this.... Islam is Sh!t.

louiskay:


Let's pull the bull by the Horn.... I have no reservation to this.... Islam is Sh!t.

It might be Russian terrorist this time

babseg:


It might be Russian terrorist this time

I doubt so jare.... turkey has been attacked twice in less than 4 weeks.... even just on Xmas eve, Germany was also attacked all orchestrated by this attention seeking, God forsaken demons..... cowards who only kill and gets killed....

louiskay:


I doubt so jare.... turkey has been attacked twice in less than 4 weeks.... even just on Xmas eve, Germany was also attacked all orchestrated by this attention seeking, God forsaken demons..... cowards who only kill and gets killed....

Did you hear about the Russian ambassador that was killed in Turkey few weeks ago?

babseg:


Did you hear about the Russian ambassador that was killed in Turkey few weeks ago?

they aren't Russian. Reports state that the two men in Santa Claus costume were speaking Arabic. so they may have been linked with ISIS

Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji'un. So sad

hope these mad people didn't move to the new year with the rest of the world

They are really Hitting Turkey Hard.

yungryce:
hope these mad people didn't move to the new year with the rest of the world

It happened few minutes to the new year, like they did.

Oh Not Again

What were the club bouncers doing ( or thinking)? Who wears Santa Claus costume to a party when it's not Halloween or why didn't they search him thoroughly?

It seems this unrest in the middle east is really having a ripple effect (psychological wise) on this Persians and the sad news is that but the innocent ones are caught up in this mess

Pkk or isis?
Choose one.

richie9093:


they aren't Russian. Reports state that the two men in Santa Claus costume were speaking Arabic. so they may have been linked with ISIS

Alright then. Some group of people are just stvpid killing there own brothers and sister in the name of religion

richie9093:
Through all these years, I have never called any religion out but I'll break that rule. This is getting too much. These Islamists should pipe the fvck down.

Are you the only ones who have a god to worship? Is your god a vampire? why is he so bloodthirsty? Why do you people kill up and down in his name? wtf? On new year's day for that matter

I saw a video on twitter of a victim having agonal breathing. she was suffocating on her own blood while gasping for air, blood spilled all over the floor. kilode? wọ́n fi ṣé yín ni?

Religion of peace, my ass. Everytime. ah ahn!! And the so called moderate Moslems hardly condemn these acts which means in a way, they support it.

Nonsense

You should keep shut and not talk about what you don't know.

Turkey's case is a thorny issue with lots of dimensions.

First you have the Kurds who have been Massacred for a long time trying to gain independence.

You have the ISIS trying to gain revenge for whatever political reasons they have.

You have the Russian angle and you have Erdogan himself fanning the embers of fire and destruction.

No war in the world is based on religion. If you had any iota of sense you should know that. Religion is just a tool to get some people behind other's political posturing. Same way some people rally support using race, colour or hate speech. You would do well to reason more logically than just opening your mouths and spilling out hogwash.

RIP to those dead. Wish this could have been averted. Heard the Club owner was tipped by CIA of a possible attack. Sadly we are in a world that can know no peace as of now. Too many crazy people with different ideologies walking the streets and in high places making decisions that cause hate, divisions amongst people.