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		</div><p>Police have caught the alleged gunman who killed 39 people during an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul during new year celebrations, according to Turkish media reports.</p>
<p>The private Dogan news agency and other media say the suspect was caught in Istanbul&#8217;s district of Esenyurt in a police operation late on Monday.</p>
<p>The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility, saying the attack was in reprisal for Turkish military operations in northern Syria.</p>
<p>The suspect was caught in a special operations police raid on a house in a housing complex in Istanbul&#8217;s Esenyurt district, private NTV television said.</p>
<p>The report said he had been staying in the house belonging to a Kyrgyz friend.</p>
<p>The man identified as the suspect had been on the run since the attack.</p>
<p>Hurriyet newspaper and other media have identified the suspect as Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek national.<br />
The suspect was to undergo medical checks before being taken to a police headquarters for questioning, the paper said in its online edition.</p>
<p>Dogan news agency published an image showing a bruised, black-haired man in a grey, bloodied shirt being held by his neck.</p>
<p>Private NTV television said he had resisted arrest.</p>
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