A gunman reportedly dressed in a Santa costume
killed at least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, at
a famous nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's
Eve celebrations , The Telegraph reports.
According to the report, the attacker who was
armed with a long-barrelled weapon, shot a police
officer before storming the elite Reina club in the
Ortakoy area of the city at about 1.45am

However, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu
has disclosed that the gunman was still at large.

36 injured
He said: "The search for the terrorist continues... Our
security forces have started the necessary operations.

Raising the death toll to 39, Soylu said that of 21
victims who had been identified so far, 16 were
foreigners and five were Turks.
“Another 69 people were being treated in hospital for
their wounds,” the minister added.
It was gathered that there were as many as 700
people in the club at the time of the attack, some of
whom have jumped into the water to escape.

Many threw themselves into the Bosphorus in panic
after the attack and efforts were underway to
rescue them from the waters.
As at the time of filing this report, the whereabouts
of the attacker was still unknown and some reports
suggested there were multiple attackers.

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