Turkish police detained two people suspected of attempting to organize terrorist attacks in Istanbul. On Friday, March 17, according to Hürriyet Daily News.
It is noted that they belonged to the same cell of the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia), and Abdulkadir Masharipov, who was accused of committing a terrorist act in Istanbul nightclub Reina. He shot visitors from the machine gun Kalashnikov.
According to the newspaper, the suspects were also found two Kalashnikov assault rifle and nearly 500 rounds of ammunition.
The attack on the night club Reina in Istanbul’s Ortakoy district was committed on Christmas night. The result is that 39 people died, 69 were injured. The assailant managed to escape. He was detained on January 16 in the course of the antiterrorist operation in the district of Esenyurt in Istanbul. In court Masharipov confessed to belonging to ISIS and declared his desire to be sentenced to death.