1st Photos Inside Istanbul Nightclub as Turkey Exacts Bloody Retribution, Jets and Tanks Hit 100 ISIS Targets in Syria

President Erdogan aided, abetted and armed the Islamic State. Too little, too late. He has as much blood on his hands as the caliph.

Victims of the Istanbul nightclub slaughter included the daughter of a prominent Lebanese businessman, an Indian fashion designer and a Bollywood director.

As grieving relatives arrived in Turkey to take away their dead, just one of the 39 bodies remained unidentified this morning after police worked through the night with families of the deceased.

It comes as ISIS claimed one of its ‘soldiers’ carried out the atrocity.

Among the dead were Abis Rizvi (bottom right), 49, a Mumbai Bollywood producer who was in the midst of making his second film, and Khushi Shah (left), a fashion designer in her 20s from Vadodara, a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The victims also included Rita Sami (top right, 26, daughter of Ilyas Schami, a prominent Lebanese businessman.

ISIS claim responsibility for Istanbul nightclub atrocity as police hunt gunman who murdered 39 revellers in five-minute shooting spree

Bloody retribution: Turkey’s jets and tanks hit 100 ISIS targets in Northern Syria just hours after the terror group’s gunman kills 39 New Year’s Eve revellers in an Istanbul nightclub

Daily Mail, January 3, 2016:

• Gunman massacred 39 people and injured dozens more in Istanbul club attack
• Turkey and Russia then launched series of bombing raids on ISIS targets in Syria
• 22 extremists were killed and many buildings were destroyed in the operation 

Turkish jets and tanks hammered 100 ISIS targets in Syria just hours after the terror group’s gunman killed 39 New Year’s Eve revellers in an Istanbul nightclub.

Dramatic aerial footage shows warplanes using rockets to obliterate ISIS hideouts near the towns of al-Bab, Tadif and Bzagah in the north of the war-torn country, killing 22 extremists and destroying buildings.

The video emerged as Turkish authorities continued their manhunt for the nightclub killer who arrived in a taxi before slaughtering partygoers.

Turkish jets and tanks hammered 100 ISIS targets in Syria just hours after the terror group’s gunman killed 39 New Year’s Eve revellers in an Istanbul nightclub

Dramatic aerial footage shows warplanes using rockets to obliterate ISIS hideouts near the towns of al-Bab, Tadif and Bzagah in the north of the war-torn country, killing 22 extremists and destroying buildings

 The video emerged as Turkish authorities continued their manhunt for the nightclub killer who arrived in a taxi before slaughtering partygoers

A Turkish military operation, dubbed ‘Euphrates Shield’, was launched more than four months ago to drive ISIS militants away from the border region and in recent weeks the forces have been besieging the town of al-Bab.

• WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT 
• Gunman massacred 39 people and injured dozens more in Istanbul club attack
• He took a taxi to the venue and then launched a five-and-a-half minute rampage
• Huge international manhunt underway as investigators try to identify attacker
• Authorities have named all but one of the victims of the New Year’s Eve atrocity 

By Jake Wallis Simons, Associate Global Editor, In Istanbul and Julian Robinson for MailOnline

Published: 04:03 EST, 2 January 2017 | Updated: 12:26 EST, 2 January 2017

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Turkish police have released two new pictures of the suspected Istanbul nightclub killer as they closed in on two locations in the hunt for the ISIS fanatic.

The images, which appear to be taken from CCTV footage, show Turkey’s most wanted man wearing a black and blue bomber jacket and leaning on a counter.

They were released by investigators as shocking images emerged purportedly showing the bloody aftermath of the New Year’s Eve massacre.

This afternoon, the towns of Yalova and Bursa were both understood to be targeted by police after members of the public claimed to have spotted the nightclub killer.

The first sighting took place in the port town of Yalova, where the suspect was allegedly seen disembarking from a passenger ferry after crossing about 40 miles across the Sea of Marmara.

He then was reportedly seen hitchhiking to Bursa, a distance of 45 miles.

Police are understood to now know the suspect’s identity, nationality and associates but have not yet released this information to protect their investigation, Turkish media has claimed.

Shocking pictures have emerged purportedly showing the bloody aftermath of the Istanbul nightclub massacre

Harrowing images reveal the carnage that unfolded inside the club with victims slumped next to their chairs and their unfinished drinks still intact on the tables beside them. The gunman is pictured firing his weapon at the entrance to the venue

The Gunman

Facebook video inside the club before the jihad terror attack