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Sunday, January 1, 2017
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Sunday, January 1, 2017
Arab visitors among victims of Istanbul nightclub attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe victims of the attack on revelers celebrating New Year at an Istanbul nightclub include citizens of several Arab countries, a Turkish cabinet minister said on Sunday.
“There are foreigners and Turks but the majority are foreigners. From different countries — Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Lebanon, Libya,” said Family Minister Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, quoted by the Anadolu news agency. Authorities have said 39 people were killed, including at least 15 foreigners, and 65 wounded.
A 19-year-old Israeli Arab woman was killed and another Israeli woman injured in the attack.
— AFP and Times of Israel
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