The court in Turkey sentenced a native of Uzbekistan to life imprisonment. Abdulkadyra Masharipova was found guilty of a terrorist attack at the Reina Night Club in Istanbul on the night of January 1, 2017. Then 39 people died. Masharipov pleaded guilty.
The responsibility for the Islamic State terrorist group, which was prohibited in Russia and many countries of the world. She called this an act of revenge for Turkish military participation in the Syrian conflict.
The Governor of Istanbul previously said that the convict was trained in the camps of radical jihadists in Afghanistan and allegedly arrived in Turkey a year before the attack.