Istanbul // ISIL on Monday admitted killing 39 people in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's Eve celebrations.
The extremists said one of its "soldiers of the caliphate" had carried out the attack on the Reina nightclub.
Turkish security forces are still hunting the gunman who opened fire inside the nightclub where most of the victims were foreigners.
Families were due to reclaim the bodies of the more than two dozen non-Turkish nationals killed.
The attack, which unleashed scenes of carnage and panic among partygoers at one of Istanbul's most upmarket venues, took place just 75 minutes into 2017.
Arriving by taxi at the nightclub on the shores of the Bosphorus, the gunman produced a weapon, reportedly a Kalashnikov, and shot dead a policeman and civilian at the entrance.
According to the Hurriyet daily, the gunman then fired four magazines containing a total of 120 bullets around the club, as terrified guests flung themselves into the freezing waters of the Bosphorus in panic.
But after changing clothes, the gunman left the nightclub and has managed to evade the security forces.
Interior minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday that intense efforts were under way to find the gunman, and expressed hope that the suspect would be captured soon.
* Agence France-Presse
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