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Published time: 16 Jan, 2017 21:31Edited time: 17 Jan, 2017 04:38
This file photo taken on January 02, 2017 shows a Turkish special force police officer standing guard at Ortakoy district near the Reina night club, in Istanbul, one day after New Year gun attack. © Ozan Kose / AFP
The gunman, alleged to be behind the massacre at a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s eve, was caught during a special operation in Esenyurt, Turkish media report.
The Uzbek attacker, Abdulgadir Masharipov, was captured by Turkish security forces late Monday at his friend's house in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul, Daily Sabah reports.
The assailant, who has been on the run since the Reina nightclub attack on December 31, was reportedly transferred to Istanbul Police headquarters.
After Masharipov fled the scene of the New Year’s eve massacre, the terrorist initially hid in a safe house, where his wife and children joined him. The attacker then took his 4-year-old son and went on the run.
The boy was alongside the shooter when security forces arrested him on Monday evening, Sondakika reports.
Masharipov resisted arrest, local media report, sharing a photo of the suspected attacker with bruises on his face.
Four other people, including a man of Kyrgyz origin and three women, were also arrested alongside Masharipov, Anadolu news reports citing sources. Operations against other potential terrorist cells is currently underway, the publication added.
Earlier this month, Turkish police released the identity of the alleged Reina shooter announcing that Masharipov is of Uzbek origin and is known in terrorist circles as “Abu Muhammed Horasani.” Authorities believe that he is the person responsible for slaughtering 39 people and wounding 65 others in Istanbul during New Year's eve celebrations.
The manhunt for the suspect, who was captured in an Istanbul district not far from the Reina night club, was most likely, intentionally prolonged by the authorities, Max Abrahms, a terrorism expert at Northeastern University in Boston told RT.
“I think it’s a widespread impression that this guy was not operating entirely alone, this is not an example apparently of what we call a “lone-wolf attack.” He seems to very much be a part of the Islamic State organization and connected to network of central Asians in this area,” Abrahms said.
“But the reality is that the manhunts are very difficult. All governments have a very tough time of hunting down an individual, especially if he’s smart and has an escape plan. And particularly if he has organizational support, because then he’s able to hide with other people. It seems as if this terrorist would had higher IQ than many terrorists I watch. For example the way he went into the nightclub and used his weapon and was able to getaway. All of this shows a relatively high level of terrorist sophistication.”
https://www.rt.com/news/373886-istanbul-nightclub-attacker-arrested/
This file photo taken on January 02, 2017 shows a Turkish special force police officer standing guard at Ortakoy district near the Reina night club, in Istanbul, one day after New Year gun attack. © Ozan Kose / AFP
The gunman, alleged to be behind the massacre at a nightclub in Istanbul on New Year’s eve, was caught during a special operation in Esenyurt, Turkish media report.
The Uzbek attacker, Abdulgadir Masharipov, was captured by Turkish security forces late Monday at his friend's house in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul, Daily Sabah reports.
The assailant, who has been on the run since the Reina nightclub attack on December 31, was reportedly transferred to Istanbul Police headquarters.
After Masharipov fled the scene of the New Year’s eve massacre, the terrorist initially hid in a safe house, where his wife and children joined him. The attacker then took his 4-year-old son and went on the run.
The boy was alongside the shooter when security forces arrested him on Monday evening, Sondakika reports.
Masharipov resisted arrest, local media report, sharing a photo of the suspected attacker with bruises on his face.
Four other people, including a man of Kyrgyz origin and three women, were also arrested alongside Masharipov, Anadolu news reports citing sources. Operations against other potential terrorist cells is currently underway, the publication added.
Earlier this month, Turkish police released the identity of the alleged Reina shooter announcing that Masharipov is of Uzbek origin and is known in terrorist circles as “Abu Muhammed Horasani.” Authorities believe that he is the person responsible for slaughtering 39 people and wounding 65 others in Istanbul during New Year's eve celebrations.
The manhunt for the suspect, who was captured in an Istanbul district not far from the Reina night club, was most likely, intentionally prolonged by the authorities, Max Abrahms, a terrorism expert at Northeastern University in Boston told RT.
“I think it’s a widespread impression that this guy was not operating entirely alone, this is not an example apparently of what we call a “lone-wolf attack.” He seems to very much be a part of the Islamic State organization and connected to network of central Asians in this area,” Abrahms said.
“But the reality is that the manhunts are very difficult. All governments have a very tough time of hunting down an individual, especially if he’s smart and has an escape plan. And particularly if he has organizational support, because then he’s able to hide with other people. It seems as if this terrorist would had higher IQ than many terrorists I watch. For example the way he went into the nightclub and used his weapon and was able to getaway. All of this shows a relatively high level of terrorist sophistication.”
https://www.rt.com/news/373886-istanbul-nightclub-attacker-arrested/
