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Fugitive ISIL suspect in Reina attack case captured but released in Denmark: Report

Danish police captured but then released on June 29 a suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who is accused of providing the weapon Abdulkadir Masharipov used to kill 39 people at Istanbul's Reina nightclub on Jan. 1, Turkish daily Karar reported on July 12.

Istanbul nightclub ISIL attacker's phone number registered in suspect's phone

Authorities have determined that the phone number of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacker who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on Jan. 1 was registered in the cellphone of another ISIL suspect, who appeared for in a trial the first time in the Mediterranean province of Antalya on July 10. 

Prosecutor demands 40 times aggravated life sentences for Istanbul nightclub attacker

A prosecutor has demanded 40 times aggravated life sentences and at least 1,555 years in jail for an attacker who killed 39 people in a nightclub in Istanbul on Jan. 1, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Uzbek-origin Abdulkadir Masharipov carried out a gun attack, killing 39 people and wounding 65 others at the Reina nightclub. 

ISIL militant linked to Istanbul nightclub attacker says he was previously detained, released

An Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant linked to the attacker of Istanbul's Reina nightclub said he was previously detained and later released by police in Turkey. 

Ilyas Mamasharipov, who ordered the attack, was among those arrested on Jan. 31 for aiding and abetting Reina attacker Abdulkadir Masharipov.