Carnations and candles are placed at site to pay tribute to victims of Istanbul night club terror attack in Istanbul, Turkey on January 01, 2017. (Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency)
Beirut: The Islamic State group on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on a nightclub in the Turkish city of Istanbul that killed 39 people on New Year's Eve.
In a statement circulated on social media, the jihadist group said one of the "soldiers of the caliphate" had carried out the attack on the Reina nightclub.
