Reuters “Istanbul nightclub attacker is ethnic Uighur, officials believe” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/istanbul-nightclub-attacker-ethnic-uighur-raid-selimpasa
大晦日に発生し、39名が殺された土耳古イスタンブールのナイトクラブ襲撃事件*1の犯人は「ウイグル人」であったという。但し、中国とは直接関係はなく、キルギスタン出身と推測されている。というか、土耳古に至る中央亜細亜の各地にウイグル人のコミュニティが散在していることを初めて知ったのだった。
なお、恒例の如くISISが犯行声明を出している*3。
Turkey’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the gunman had been identified but provided no further details*2 . Turkish media had reported he was believed to be an ethnic Uighur from central Asia, possibly Kyrgyzstan.Uighurs, a largely Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority in far western China with significant diaspora communities across central Asia and Turkey, were among those detained on Thursday in Selimpaşa, a coastal town just to the west of Istanbul. Turkish news agencies said investigators had received intelligence that individuals who may have helped the gunman were there.
It was not immediately clear how many people were detained on Thursday, but at least 36 people have been held since the attack, according to earlier media reports.
*1:See Kareem Shaheen ”Turkey nightclub shooting: Istanbul on alert after gunman kills dozens” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/31/turkey-armed-attacker-opens-fire-in-istanbul-nightclub-reports Kareem Shaheen “Turkey nightclub shooting: Istanbul mourns as police hunt gunman” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/01/turkey-nightclub-shooting-reina-nightclub-istanbul-victims-search-continues
*2:See Jamie Grierson “Istanbul nightclub gunman identified, says Turkish foreign minister” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/04/istanbul-nightclub-gunman-identified-says-turkish-foreign-minister
*3:See Jamie Grierson “Isis claims Istanbul nightclub attack as perpetrator remains at large” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/02/isis-group-claims-responsibility-for-istanbul-nightclub-attack
