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Istanbul nightclub attacker arrested (photo)

Yesterday in Turkey arrested Abdulgadir Masharipov - a native of Uzbekistan, who opened fire in a night club Reina in Istanbul and killed 39 people, Turkish media reported.

Suspect detained in Istanbul's Esenyurt district.

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According to media reports, Masharipov's four year old son at the time of arrest was with him. A native of Kyrgyzstan, sheltering him, as well as three women from Egypt, Senegal and Somalia detained.

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On New Year's night a gunman attacked visitors of nightclub Reina. He arrived in night on a taxi on Sunday and opened fire on the people, celebrating the New Year. Among the dead were foreigners. Dozens of people were injured.

Turkish authorities have called the attack a terrorist act.

Later, the responsibility for the attack took the extremist group Islamic State, which said that it was revenge for the actions of Turkey in Syria.