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Suspect held over Istanbul nightclub attack has confessed: Guv

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AFP Istanbul
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 today.

"The terrorist confessed his crime," Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin told reporters, identifying the detained man as Abdulgadir Masharipov born in Uzbekistan.
 

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First Published: Jan 17 2017 | 1:42 PM IST

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