1 January 2017, 01:38 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A perpetrator of the attack on Istanbul’s Reina nightclub was killed, The Guardian reported on Sunday citing Turkish officials.
Police started to leave the site of the attack, according to The Guardian’s correspondent.
The nightclub Reina in Istanbul's Besiktas district was attacked early on Sunday by a man, who was reportedly talking in Arabic. The attacker is said to have opened fire from a Kalashnikov assault rifle.
According to Vasip Sahin, governor of the Istanbul province, at least 39 people were killed and 69 injured as a result of the attack.
