Turkey arrests man suspected of planning Istanbul nightclub attack

They believe he was among the planners of the new year nightclub massacre that killed 39 people.

Turkish authorities have arrested a man they believe was among the planners of the new year nightclub massacre in Istanbul that killed 39 people, a news agency said.

The private Dogan news agency, citing officials from the prosecutors' office in Burdur, southern Turkey, identified the suspect only by his initials, AS, and said he is a French citizen with an ethnic Turkish background.