Istanbul nightclub attacker arrested

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 17: Various shots from Istanbul Police Headquarters after Istanbul nightclub attacker arrested on January 17, 2017. The main suspect behind the deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub during new year's celebrations was arrested late Monday. Abdulgadir Masharipov, a member of the Daesh terrorist group, was captured during a police operation on a residence in Istanbul's Esenyurt district. Masharipov managed to escape at the eleventh hour from four other police operations. Four people, including a man of Kyrgyz origin and three women -- from Egypt, Somalia, and Senegal -- were detained along with Masharipov. Operations against Daesh cells in five Istanbul districts resulted in several arrests early Tuesday. At least 39 people, including a police officer, were killed when an attacker opened fire on partygoers at the Reina nightclub in the Ortakoy district in the early hours of New Year’s Day; 69 other people were also hurt, with a number of foreign nationals among the casualties. (Footage by Melik Firat Yucel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)