Gun attack kills at least 35 at Istanbul nightclub

January 01, 2017 07:55

Thirty-five people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack in a nightclub early Sunday as they were celebrating the new year, Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said.

Sahin called the incident "a terror attack."

The attacker, who has not yet been identified, opened fire inside the high-end Reina nightclub in the busy Besiktas neighborhood of Istanbul, according to Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu.

The recent wave of terrorist attacks in Turkey have left many people wary.

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