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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's foreign minister says authorities have identified the gunman who opened fire on an Istanbul nightclub, killing 39 people and wounding dozens of others on New Year's.
But he hasn't given any details about the man who's still at large.
Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish police have detained 20 suspected Islamic State group militants who are believed to be linked to the attack. The report says the suspects, including 11 women, are believed to have lived with the attacker.
IS has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also wounded nearly 70 people.
Meanwhile President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (REH'-jehp TY'-ihp UR'-doh-wahn) addressed his country for the first time since the nightclub attack, saying that Turkey won't surrender to terrorists or become divided.
Police in Istanbul have set up checkpoints and are checking vehicles across the city as security levels remained high after the New Year's nightclub attack.
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026-c-19-(Suzan Fraser, AP correspondent)-"night club attack"-AP correspondent Suzan Fraser reports a private news agency is reporting a possible connection between the victims and a suspect. (4 Jan 2017)
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025-c-20-(Suzan Fraser, AP correspondent)-"was still continuing"-AP correspondent Suzan Fraser reports police have detained five suspects in the deadly Istanbul nightclub attack. (4 Jan 2017)
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APPHOTO ANK804: Turkish special security force members patrol near the scene of the Reina night club following the New Year's day attack, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said Wednesday as the president vowed that the country won't surrender to terrorists or become divided. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) (4 Jan 2017)
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