Terrorist Reina wants death penalty

istanbul - The terrorist who wanted as many Christians to bring life gave a massacre during the New Year in the luxurious night club Reina in Istanbul. He said, according to the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet in interrogations.

Abdulgadir Masharipov initially wanted to commit attack on the busy Taksim Square, but by the extreme security measures at the main square he shifted his aim to Reina.

'I wanted to take Christians during their holidays, to take revenge for their murders all over the world. My goal was to see them, 'Masharipov says in the documents Hurriyet put his hand up. The victims of the attack came from Turkey, some Arab countries, India and Canada.

Uzbek perpetrator, who have links with Islamic State would travel from his country to Syria. But he got no further than Turkey, where he had no contact in their own words with IS.\n  \n   \n    \n    \n   \n   \n   \n      \n   \n     More than two weeks after the attack Masharipov was arrested in a district in the west of Istanbul.\n    \n   \n     Photo: AP

Masharipov, which not regret his actions claims to have planned to blow himself after the attack. Refusing hand bones, however, ensured that he remained alive. 'I went to Reina to die,' said Masharipov, who indicated that he would rather get the death penalty then disappear for years behind bars Turkish. Turkey has the death penalty, but gave Erdogan already reconsidering that after the failed coup in July.