(Hurriyet-Turkey) Abdulkadir Masharipov, who killed 39 people in an attack on an Istanbul nightclub on Jan. 1, has confessed to his crime after being caught in Istanbul on Monday, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin has stated. It is clear that Masharipov, who was trained as a militant in Afghanistan, staged the attack on behalf of the Islamic State, Sahin said.
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