Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The so called Islamic State group claims one of its followers was behind the new years eve Nightclub Attack in istanbul, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. A number of arrests have been made, but the hunt continues for the gunman who opened fire. Officials have now identified all but one of the victims, saying most were foreign nationals. Some of their funerals have been taking place today, as mark lowen reports from istanbul. It is slowly sinking in. Grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. They mourned 23 year old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. A student working there for new years eve, who was simply in the wrong place. At his funeral, his colleague. She took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. I was in the toilet. The electricity went out. And i was like, yes, ok, thats all. And i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. Telling, 0k, goodbye, thats all, i love you. You thought
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The so called Islamic State group claims one of its followers was behind the new years eve Nightclub Attack in istanbul, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. A number of arrests have been made, but the hunt continues for the gunman who opened fire. Officials have now identified all but one of the victims, saying most were foreign nationals. Some of their funerals have been taking place today, as mark lowen reports from istanbul. It is slowly sinking in. Grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. They mourned 23 year old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. A student working there for new years eve, who was simply in the wrong place. At his funeral, his colleague. She took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. I was in the toilet. The electricity went out. And i was like, yes, ok, thats all. And i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. Telling, 0k, goodbye, thats all, i love you. You thought
The istanbul attack on new years eve. We do, though, have new footage. We just showed you it briefly. Lets have a look in detail. It shows the moment is the attack happened outside the nightclub. You can see the bullets coming off the tarmac. And a few moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrivesjust moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrives just the right of shot. He is already firing. Then he turns to his left and makes his way into the club. He killed 39 people. Is are saying this particular attack was retaliation to turkish air strikes against is positions in syria. It is worth noting how it claimed responsibility. We were talking about this early in the programme. Charlie winter said it claimed it through its central media channel, which suggests, in his assessment, that it which suggests, in his assessment, Thatitis Which suggests, in his assessment, that it is trying to say it directed this. It coordinated this attack. This wasnt just somebody who was in
The istanbul attack on new years eve. We do, though, have new footage. We just showed you it briefly. Lets have a look in detail. It shows the moment is the attack happened outside the nightclub. You can see the bullets coming off the tarmac. And a few moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrivesjust moments later, the gunmen, who arrived by taxi, arrives just the right of shot. He is already firing. Then he turns to his left and makes his way into the club. He killed 39 people. Is are saying this particular attack was retaliation to turkish air strikes against is positions in syria. It is worth noting how it claimed responsibility. We were talking about this early in the programme. Charlie winter said it claimed it through its central media channel, which suggests, in his assessment, that it which suggests, in his assessment, Thatitis Which suggests, in his assessment, that it is trying to say it directed this. It coordinated this attack. This wasnt just somebody who was in
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The so called Islamic State group claims one of its followers was behind the new years eve Nightclub Attack in istanbul, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of others. A number of arrests have been made, but the hunt continues for the gunman who opened fire. Officials have now identified all but one of the victims, saying most were foreign nationals. Some of their funerals have been taking place today, as mark lowen reports from istanbul. It is slowly sinking in. Grief binding together a nation pulled apart by terror. They mourned 23 year old yunus gormek, killed in the attack on the reina nightclub. A student working there for new years eve, who was simply in the wrong place. At his funeral, his colleague. She took refuge from the gunman in the bathroom. I was in the toilet. The electricity went out. And i was like, yes, ok, thats all. And i said my last goodbyes to one of my friends. Telling, 0k, goodbye, thats all, i love you. You thought