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Turkey: Authorities say Istanbul nightclub attacker confesses, declares he attacked for ISIS

The man, identified by Turkish Media as Abdulakir Masharipov , had been on the run for weeks... The uzbek national who's believed to have killed 39 people in a new year's nighclub shooting was captured in Istanbul Tuesday. Masharipov had been hiding with his 4 year old son in the city's Esenyurt district. The owner of the house where he stayed was also arrested, along with 3 other people, and the child taken into protective custody. According to Turkish television, police had known of Masharipov's whereabouts for several days, but delayed the raid to monitor his movements and contactsThe suspect and his presumed accomplices were taken to police headquarters for questioning...Hundreds of people had gathered at Istanbul's reina nightclub to celebrate the new year when a gunman stormed the premises and started shooting on sightSurveillance footage later showed him using the back streets to escape. The Islamic state org claimed responsibility for the carnage, calling it reprisals for Turkey's military operations in Syria..It was the first time the group openly said it was responsible for an attack on turkish soil.