Suspect held over Istanbul nightclub attack has confessed
10 years ago(FILES) This file handout photo released by the Turkish police and taken from Dogan News Agency on January 2, 2017 shows the main suspect in the Reina nightclub rampage one day after a gunman killed 39 people, including many foreigners, in an attack at an upmarket nightclub in Istanbul where revellers were celebrating the New Year. Turkish police late on January 16, 2017 caught the attacker who shot dead 39 people on New Year's night at an Istanbul nightclub, state-run TRT television reported. The alleged attacker was found along with his four-year-old son in an apartment in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul after a massive police operation, TRT reported. / AFP PHOTO / Dogan News Agency / Handout / - Turkey OUT /
The man believed to have killed 39 people on New Year's night at an Istanbul nightclub has confessed after Turkish police captured him in a massive operation, a local official said on Tuesday.
