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Islamic State claims nightclub carnage as Turkey hunts attacker
10 years agoTurkish special force police officers and ambulances are seen at the site of an armed attack January 1, 2017 in Istanbul. At least thirty nine people were killed in an armed attack Saturday on an Istanbul nightclub where people were celebrating the New Year, Turkish television reports said. YASIN AKGUL / AFP
The Islamic State jihadist group on Monday claimed the shooting rampage inside a glamorous Istanbul nightclub on New Year's night that killed 39 people, as police hunted the attacker who remains on the run.