The Contractor of the New Year's attack in Istanbul has formal charges

The performer of the terrorist attack at the Reina Night Club in Istanbul, a native of Uzbekistan Abdulgadir Masharipova on Saturday, formal charges were brought on Saturday, he was arrested by the decision of the district court in Istanbul, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Anadolu .

The Department of Combating the terrorism of the police department of Istanbul previously completed the investigation of the Masharipov case and sent the case to court. Masharipov was found guilty of "an attempt to overthrow the constitutional system", "participation in the activities of a terrorist organization", "deliberate murder of more than one person."

The terrorist attack in the Istanbul Night Club Reina occurred on the night of January 1, 2017, when about 700 people celebrated the New Year's offensive. The armed militant opened the shooting from the machine gun, as a result of which 39 people were killed. Among the victims were 25 foreigners, including Russian Nuran Hasanov. Almost 70 people were injured.

The criminal managed to hide, he was searched throughout Turkey. The Contractor of the attack was detained on January 16 during a special operation in the Esenyurt area in Istanbul.

Responsibility for the terrorist attack was taken by the Islamic State terrorist group (IG, prohibited in the Russian Federation).