Story highlights Suspect arrested is from UzbekistanIstanbul governor says shooting was 'based on ISIS'(CNN) A man from Uzbekistan arrested in Turkey has confessed to carrying out the deadly New Year's gun attack at Istanbul's Reina nightclub, the city's governor has said, dubbing the shooting an ISIS-influenced terrorist attack. Abdulgadir Masharipov, seen after his arrest, is the alleged gunman in a deadly attack at Istanbul's Reina nightclub. "The terrorist actually said that he did it," Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin told journalists Tuesday. He came to Turkey in January 2016 and went by the code name Abu Mohammed Khorasani Abdulkavi. The attack was "based on ISIS," Sahin said.

Source: CNN January 17, 2017 09:04 UTC