The recently reported arrests bring the total number of apprehended suspects to fourteen. Earlier on Tuesday, the Turkish media reported that twelve people had been detained as part of the ongoing manhunt.
Turkish police are “close” to identifying the man behind the Reina nightclub massacre in Istanbul, Turkish state broadcaster TRT World said earlier in the day, RT reported.
Initial indications suggest the attacker may be from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, or even the Xinjiang autonomous region of northwest China, the Turkish media said, citing police.
A woman said to be the gunman’s wife is among those detained suspected of being connected to the terrorist act.
The woman and her suspected husband arrived in Turkey from Kyrgyzstan in late November of last year with their two children.