Istanbul nightclub shooting | |
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Part of the Turkey–ISIL conflict | |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Coordinates | 41°03′00″N 29°01′57″E / 41.05000°N 29.03250°E |
Date | 1 January 2017 01:15 (FET) |
Target | Patrons at Reina nightclub |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder |
Weapons | AKM |
Deaths | 39 |
Injured | 79[1] |
Perpetrators | Islamic State |
Assailant | Abdulkadir Masharipov |
The Istanbul nightclub shooting (also known as Reina massacre in Turkey[2]) was a mass shooting incident on 1 January 2017 around 01:15 local time, in which a terrorist shot and killed 39 people and wounded 79 others at the Reina nightclub in the Ortaköy neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey, where hundreds had been celebrating New Year's Day. Uzbekistan-born Abdulkadir Masharipov was arrested in Istanbul on 17 January 2017. Islamic State claimed credit for his actions.[3] The first hearing in the trial of Masharipov and 51 accused accomplices was held on 11 December 2017,[1] and the next hearing was held on 26 March 2018.[4]