39 victims of Istanbul attack identified

The list of the victims of the night club attack that was conducted in the Ortaköy district of the Turkish province of Istanbul has been revealed.

At least 39 people, including a police officer, died in the assault.

Nationals of Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Lebanon, Libya, Israel, India, a Turkish-Belgian dual citizen and a Franco-Tunisian woman along with Turkish-nationals were among those killed in the attack. Kuwait, Canada, Israel, Syria and Russia each lost one citizen in the attack.

The names of the killed 39 people is as follows:

Büşra Kösa, Miarana Hasanova, Elias Wardini, Nawras Monem Suliman Alassaf, Mohammed Elhot, Yunus Görmek, Altymani Bassmah Abdurazaq, Ahmed Raad Isam, Muhammed Ali Azzabi, Mohammed Alsarraf, Noura Al Omrani, Hatice Karcılar, Mesut Gürbüz, Koray Karakoç, Cenda Nakaa Ep Azzabi, Rita Al Chami, Mustafa Kaya, Fatih Çakmak, Aljefri Wesam Hussain, Ayhan Arık, Shahd Abdulkareem Samman, Mustafa Sezgin Seymen, Abis Akhtar Rızvı, Khushi Asnwino Shah, Kenan Kutluk, Ahmet Alfadul, Mehmet Alfadul, Adel Agh Souzalı, Mehmet Kerim Akyil, Alaa Almuhandis, Mehmet Kerim Akyil, Alaa Almuhandis, Rabia El Moustaine, Zineb Ait Ssi, Burak Yıldız (police officer) , Bland Sirwan Osman, Lubna Ghaznawi, Layan Nasser, Ahmet Abbalos.

Meanwhile, the Daesh terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed dozens of people.

Only days before the attack, an online message from a pro-Daesh terrorist group called for attacks by "lone wolves" on "celebrations, gatherings and clubs".