Islamic State claims Istanbul nightclub massacre
By Bloomberg
03 January 2017 |
8:00 am
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing of 39 people celebrating the New Year inside a fabled Istanbul nightclub, an act of terrorism that has become grimly familiar in Turkey as it fails to keep the violence in Syria from spilling into its cities.
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