Man accused of killing 39 partygoers in New Year’s Eve nightclub shooting captured in Turkey 

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A man suspected of shooting dead 39 people in a New Year’s Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul has been arrested, Turkish officials have confirmed. Alleged ISIS militant Abdulkadir Masharipov was wanted in connection with the shooting spree which left nearly 70 injured.

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It is understood the Uzbek national was captured in a raid by security forces on a house in the residential Esenyurt district of Istanbul, just 25 miles from where the attack took place. 

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A state news agency also reported that four other people were arrested with him late on Monday, including a Kyrgyz man and three women.