An armed man, speaking Arabic, attacked the Reina nightclub in Istanbul
during New Year’s celebrations. The shooting took place at around 1:45 a.m. in
the Besiktas district of the city.
The
attacker first killed a police officer and a civilian outside the club and then
fired the crowd inside of the night club from a Kalashnikov assault rifle. About
800 people were in the club at that moment.