Turkey says identity of Istanbul attacker established
Turkey has established the identity of the gunman who carried out an attack in an Istanbul nightclub, its foreign minister said, and further arrests were made on Wednesday, but the attacker himself remains at large, Reuters reports.
"The identity of the person carrying out the attack in Ortakoy has been determined," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a televised interview with the state-run Anadolu news agency. He gave no details.
Police detained 27 people as part of the attack investigation in the western city of Izmir on Wednesday, including women and children, who had travelled from Konya, the Dogan news agency said.
Notably, the terror attack in Istanbul nightclub on 1 January claimed 39 lives with 69 people receiving injuries.