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Two Indians among 39 dead in Istanbul New year terror attack

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Monday, 2 January 2017 (12:55 IST)
New Delhi: Two Indians were among 39 people killed in a terror attack at a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey early today as they were celebrating the new year, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed. "I have bad news from Turkey. We have lost two Indian nationals in the Istanbul attack.

Indian Ambassador is on way to Istanbul," she said in series of tweets. The victims are Abis Rizvi, son of a former Rajya Sabha MP and Khushi Shah from Gujarat, she said. Twenty-one of the dead have been identified. Of those, 16 were foreign nationals and five were Turkish. (UNI)
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