year ago. the police found him in an area called esenyurt. it is about 20 miles away from the reina nightclub where he killed 39 people. isis claimed responsibility for that. authorities also arrested with him four other people. iraqi man, egyptian woman and two other women they say from africa. they say the gunman has confessed to the crime. his fingerprints match those found on the gun that was left at the scene. this has been a huge operation. thousands of security forces sweeping the country looking for him. over two weeks since that attack. they did finally catch him. we get a picture of him shortly after he was detained by turkish authorities. he is bloodied and bruised, but
two-mile radius around the reina nightclub, and if he about ink that full, it is sitting right there on the bosphorus strait, an area normally quite well attended by those of many different backgrounds, as well as this nightclub specifically tending to be a very popular upscale nightclub and restaurant that was supposed to be a new year s eve celebration, but within an hour after the new year, this attack has happened. we re watching what s happening, the officials there in istanbul giving us information, as well as the new sense of what s going on on the ground. a lot of ambulances, fairly consistently throughout the last several hours, as we ve been following this, along with us, following this story, as nbc s
but they ve been clear to say, law enforcement and officials from the government in turkey, to say that they will be slow in giving information. saying that they want to protect the ongoing operations happening at the reina nightclub. r reina nightclubs where 4,000 individuals can be held. celebrating the new year. only about an hour in, the report is that about 5 or 600 were inside the venue. it was a large nightclub. very popular. those who follow the travel websites or chatter will say it s a place that you had to be. upscale, young, the it culture there in istanbul. one of the places you need to go. it sits right on the strait. a very large waterway there in istanbul, turkey. it is a two-level restaurant and
january 1st lower right-hand side, as ambulances and law enforcement were gathering in an area in istanbul, turkey, close to what is called the reina nightclub and restaurant. very popular, upscale, the it place to be if you will there in istanbul, turkey. new year s eve celebration that turned into a horror. an attack were 35 were killed. i want to go to nbc s matt bradley. and as we ve been talking about this, matt, there are so many different layers to this story coming out of turkey. out of istanbul, not only of course what you were describing earlier in syria, but also what is happening in the north and also the significance of what turkey is itself and the leadership. that s right, richard, you re closing in there on the east coast to your new year s celebration at midnight. i want you to think if you will, just getting away from the facts and the politics for a moment,
here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. in turkey, what s being described by government officials in istanbul as a terror attack. 35 dead, at least 40 wounded in a nightclub attack. we believe the time stamp on that was within the last 3 1/2, 4 hours, and as we sit on the situation right now, the reporting that we had last on the ground there in istanbul from our nbc producer from security at the nightclub, reina nightclub where this shooting inns didn t happened is that the suspected shooter attacker is still inside the venue, and they have locked down a two-mile radius around the nightclub. that s the latest we are hearing. it is, of course, very early in this incident. they re being very careful locally, domestically as to the