Istanbul nightclub attack 'leaves 35 dead'
Last edited Sat Dec 31, 2016, 08:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: BBC
At least 35 people have lost their lives in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, the city's governor has said.
Among the dead is one police officer, Vasip Sahin stated, adding that it was a terror attack.
At least another 40 were injured in the attack which took place in the Reina nightclub, in the Ortakoy area, at about 01:30 local time (23:30 GMT).
One attacker was involved, the governor said, while CNN Turk reported he was dressed in a Santa Claus costume.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38481521
Pachamama
(16,886 posts)I hope there are no other attacks in the world tonight...
applegrove
(118,600 posts)dhol82
(9,352 posts)He's been doing his best to turn Turkey into an Islamist republic.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Not so much anymore.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)"It was an accident".
/sarcasm
BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Sarah Abdallah
?@sahouraxo
#Reina - Numbers of casualties is expected to rise as there were about 700-800 people inside the club at the time of the attack. #Istanbul
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Supposedly one gunman shot the security person and then went inside and started shooting the patrons.
That's just from what I've seen so far on twitter and the like.
Also - US intelligence supposedly warned Turkey about an attack on this location.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)"No group has claimed responsibility for the attack". ISIS seems most likely, since it's a mass attack on civilians (rather than Kurdish groups who normally target the police or military).
oberliner
(58,724 posts)ISIS has claimed responsibility for the deadly New Year's attack at an upscale Istanbul nightclub which left 39 dead.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/02/europe/turkey-nightclub-attack/
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)I guess it wasn't a wayward nun.
Imajika
(4,072 posts)The Amish? A crazed Mennonite? A really angry Jehovah's Witness? A Mormon, Catholic or Protestant?
No, I'll take an Islamic Jihadi for 1000 please.
Of course this is a Muslim country, so that comes as no surprise - but we always go through this silly "who dunnit" phase after one of these attacks and they are virtually always Muslim extremists who are guilty of this kind of terrorism.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)politically correct sensibilities.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)You know how violent and murderous they can be.
xor
(1,204 posts)It could easily be Islamic extremists as you said, or it could be something like the YPG. Given the recent ways things have gone, it could even be the Turkish government itself in an attempt to use it as an excuse crack down on the people (I'm not saying that's the case or even likely)
Anyway, my point is that it's enough of a clusterfuck out there that it's hard to say for sure without looking into it.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Clearly a terrorist attack.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)Berlin
Nice
SAN Bernadino
9/11
7/7
Orlando
Boston
NY/ Atlantic City
Al queda
Germany rape- fest
Charlie hebdo murder-thon
And thousands I can't even remember
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)MAIDUGURI, NigeriaThey waited until it was the Friday before the Eid el Maulud celebrating the birth of Prophet Muhammad when the Madagali market would very busy, very crowded. And then they struck: Two schoolgirls blew themselves up.
In that one attack on December 9 in Nigerias northeastern Adamawa state 56 people died.
There was little doubt that a faction of Boko Haram was behind it.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/15/how-schoolgirls-slaughtered-56-people-in-nigeria-in-one-attack.html
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)Terrible.
So many you just don't even notice.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Hard to keep track of all these horrific terrorist acts around the world.
mainer
(12,022 posts)ISIS sounds likely, not Kurdish separatists.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)What a way to start the New Year. Horrible.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)I can't stand to think of that.
democrank
(11,092 posts)Such carnage, such trauma.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)We are all Turkish now?
It never ends.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)arrives by taxi to the top Istanbul night club dressed as father Christmas, kills the door guard. shoots inside & then looks like a ninja using outside 'cover' as he shoots his way to an escape. in the same taxi?
imo, another professional well trained like the killer of the diplomat at the art museum. except this man got away.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/jan/01/istanbul-nightclub-attack-dozens-killed-new-years-eve-mass-shooting-live-updates?page=with:block-58690b0ce4b0c44bce1efa86#block-58690b0ce4b0c44bce1efa86
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)got him to the door so he could kill. His outside escape footage shows black clothes.
That club is about the top upscale club in Turkey, very international full of 'westerners' & wealthy class people. new years eve party.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)rather than an American or any western European.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)RT the government owned media was only one that showed some security footage, everything else they said had the 'blame IS' usual for that media.
Plenty more will come out over the next days, but the facts will be blurred with speculation & opinion. That shooter was a professional, just like the person who shot the diplomat in the art gallery.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)And the PM said that talking to the press - it was reported in a tweet, but you can see a picture of him talking above it, and that is also reported elsewhere, eg http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38484029 .
The person in the gallery was a trained policeman, yes. That doesn't mean you can say they had a connection to this person. You';re actually speculating yourself.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)RT showed part of the video of the shooters escape. I think all the disruption terrorist attacks in Turkey the past year are connected. The first was the major airport terrorist attack, the third largest airport in the world. 2 of those bombers were from Russia.
Someone intends to destabilize Turkey, make them back away from a longtime international connections, the UN, EU trade, tourist industry, Allies. IMO to destabilize Turkey is Russia's objective.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Attacker still at large.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)Or them
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)He's long gone.