Uzbek Suspect At Istanbul Reina Nightclub Attack Arrested

MEP: The gunman suspected of killing 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day has been arrested by Turkish police after a huge manhunt.

The Uzbek attacker, Abdulgadir Masharipov, was captured late Monday at his friend’s house in the Esenyurt district of Istanbul, Daily Sabah reports.

Four other people, including a man of Kyrgyz origin and three women, were reportedly detained along with Masharipov.

Citizens of Israel, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia were among the victims, and dozens of people were injured.

The assailant, who has been on the run since the Reina nightclub attack on December 31, was reportedly transferred to Istanbul Police headquarters.

After Masharipov fled the scene of the New Year’s eve massacre, the terrorist initially hid in a safe house, where his wife and children joined him. The attacker then took his 4-year-old son and went on the run.