A gunman opened fire on New Year revellers at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday killing at least 39 people, including many foreigners, then fled the scene.

#Istanbul: Terrorists dressed as Santa and armed with AK-47 & grenades attacked the #Reina Nightclub in #Istanbul. Many people feared dead. pic.twitter.com/n0nVkN7nDa

— WorldOnAlert (@worldonalert) 31 декабря 2016 г.

Some people jumped into the Bosphorus to save themselves after the attacker began shooting at random in the Reina nightclub just over an hour into 2017.

Source: gulftoday.ae