Described as a terrorist attack by officials, a single gunman attacked a crowded Istanbul nightclub during the New Years celebrations tonight, killing at least 39 people, and wounding 70 others. The dead are said to include at least 16 foreign nationals.
There has been no formal claim of responsibility from any group, and the single attacker, dressed as Santa Claus, managed to get away, and remains on the loose, despite some early reports claiming he was believed to be among the slain.
The area around the Reina nightclub, a popular club along the Bosphorus, has been sealed off by police. Turkish officials say that they had a number of police on the streets around Istanbul disguised as Santa Claus themselves, which is likely part of why a guy dressed as Santa Claus wielding a high-powered gun was able to get away without being spotted immediately.
Turkey has seen more than its share of terror attacks in recent years, and a number of different groups with different agendas could conceivably be behind this attack. None is necessarily particularly inclined to have a gunman dressed as Santa, however, so it’s also entirely possible it’s a random madman.
Jason, it’s an element that is opposed to Turkey’s alignment with Russia on the Syrian conflict and tenuous peace they’ve brought about. For that reason it’s sort of beside the point which of the different groups it was that you speculate upon. Let’s call them terrorists, moderate or otherwise.
luv from Canada.
I hear the Russians caused the shooting by hacking Turkish computers…
Oh Santa was a terrorist
And got a gun with him
Santa got down and dirty
Filled it to the brim
With hate and rage and bullets
Walked out into the dark
Took a spin around the city
Spent time outside the park.
Saw the people making merry
At the nightclub so carefree
Watched and gnashed his teeth, Santa did
While leaning on a tree.
Then Santa broke into the nightclub
Firing his gun so fine
Shooting men and shooting women
And bottles of sparkling wine.
Then he walked into the darkness
Out into the night went he!
While ISIS cheered, Santa leered
And these words came to me.
I’m sure the Mossad operatives that planned this false flag were just laughing themselves silly at the thought of a “Santa” wrecking so much destruction.