The terrorist group Isis murdered 39 people in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday December 31, 2016 and left close to 70 injured at a nightclub.
The father of one the victims, a female, told her daughter Leanne Nasser that it was too dangerous for her to head to Istanbul. She begged her parents to allow her to celebrate New Year’s Eve with three of of her friends.
Leanne Nasser, who lived in Israel had never traveled abroad and after her death, her father feels guilty for permitting his daughter to travel to Turkey. Leanne Nasser was only 18 years old. She had finished High School and planned on becoming a dentist one day.
The shooter opened fire inside the nightclub. He was shooting his way inside the club. During breaking news, the country Turkey declared it was a terrorist attack. Further investigation was made to find the suspicious shooter. The attacker had killed a policeman and a civilian outside the nightclub around 1:15 a.m. before entering it a …….,Mehmet Dag, 22, had told the media. “Once he went in, we don’t know what happened. There were gun sounds, and after two minutes the sound of an explosion.”
On Sunday morning, January 1, 2017, crime scene investigators were inside the club searching through piles of tables, chairs, clothing. Heavily armed police closed the street in front of the nightclub and were patrolling on the other side of the club.
Turkey has been a target for terrorist attacks a long time now and this attack was no exception as to not keep the country safe. The manhunt for Istanbul nightclub attack has intensified as a new video of the suspect has surfaced.