Nightclub Attack: 2 Foreign Nationals Detained at Istanbul Airport

Nightclub Attack: 2 Foreign Nationals Detained at Istanbul Airport
A view of the nightclub in Istanbul on Jan. 3, 2017 which was the scene of an attack on New Year's Day. Experts believe the recent nightclub attack is a new chapter in terrorism in Turkey. (AP Photo)
The Associated Press
1/3/2017
Updated:
1/3/2017

Turkey’s state-run news agency says police have detained two foreign nationals at Istanbul’s main airport on suspicion of links to the deadly nightclub attack.

Anadolu Agency said the two were taken into custody on Tuesday at the international flights terminal at Ataturk Airport. No information on their nationalities was available.

It said police checked the pair’s cell phones and luggage before they were taken away to Istanbul’s main police headquarters.

Meanwhile the private Dogan news agency said airports and border crossings were put on high alert and that anyone resembling the wanted gunman was being stopped and questioned by police.