Mistaken Identity?: Kyrgyzstan’s Name Tarnished in Attack on Istanbul Nightclub that Killed 39 · Global Voices
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Mistaken Identity?: Kyrgyzstan’s Name Tarnished in Attack on Istanbul Nightclub that Killed 39
On December 31, 2016, a lone gunman shot 39 people dead in the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey. On June 28, 2016, gunmen killed 45 people at Istanbul’s largest airport Ataturk. On both occasions citizens of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia were implicated by media citing Turkish police or other government sources in the aftermath of the attacks.
In the case of the attack on Reina, claimed by the ISIS group known for its brutal military tactics in parts of Syria and Iraq, a Kyrgyz citizen has already been absolved by both Kyrgyz and Turkish authorities.