• An unidentified man is arrested during a raid in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul, in which a 34-year-old Uzbek man suspected of mowing down 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve was also arrested. One Iraqi man and three women were also captured and detained in the raid. AFP Photo / DEPO photos / Turkish Police
    An unidentified man is arrested during a raid in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul, in which a 34-year-old Uzbek man suspected of mowing down 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Eve was also arrested. One Iraqi man and three women were also captured and detained in the raid. AFP Photo / DEPO photos / Turkish Police
  • Foreign currency banknotes and various documents are seen in the bedroom of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police, in Esenyurt neighbourhood in Istanbul. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    Foreign currency banknotes and various documents are seen in the bedroom of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police, in Esenyurt neighbourhood in Istanbul. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • The living room of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    The living room of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • The door of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    The door of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • Entrance of a building of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    Entrance of a building of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • Belongings including banknotes of different currencies on a bed inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested during an overnight police raid, in Istanbul. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
    Belongings including banknotes of different currencies on a bed inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested during an overnight police raid, in Istanbul. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
  • Members of the media and police stand inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested in Istanbul. Turkish police said they captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying Tuesday that he’s an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
    Members of the media and police stand inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested in Istanbul. Turkish police said they captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying Tuesday that he’s an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
  • The kitchen of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
    The kitchen of a hideout where the alleged attacker of Reina nightclub was caught by Turkish police. Osman Orsal / Reuters
  • A member of the media uses his mobile phone to take pictures of belongings on a bed inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested during an overnight police raid, in Istanbul. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
    A member of the media uses his mobile phone to take pictures of belongings on a bed inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested during an overnight police raid, in Istanbul. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
  • Members of the media and police stand inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested during an overnight police raid, in Istanbul. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
    Members of the media and police stand inside the flat where a suspect of New Year’s Day nightclub attack was arrested during an overnight police raid, in Istanbul. Lefteris Pitarakis / AP Photo
  • A woman lays flowers by a makeshift memorial in front of the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, a day after Turkish police arrested the suspected attacker. Ozan Kose / AFP
    A woman lays flowers by a makeshift memorial in front of the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, a day after Turkish police arrested the suspected attacker. Ozan Kose / AFP

Inside the arrest of the Istanbul New Year nightclub attack suspect — in pictures


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A gunman suspected of killing 39 people during a New Year’s attack on an Istanbul nightclub has been caught in a police operation.