A native of Uzbekistan who carried out a terrorist attack in Istanbul on New Year's Eve was sentenced to 40 life sentences and another 1368 years in prison
A court in Turkey has sentenced Abdulgadir Masharipov, a native of Uzbekistan, who staged a terrorist attack in a nightclub in Istanbul on January 1, 2017, to life imprisonment, Reuters reports. Formally, in total, Masharipov received 40 life sentences and an additional 1,368 years in prison. He will not be eligible for parole. During the process, Masharipov refused to admit his guilt.