Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ordered the New Year’s Eve nightclub attack in Istanbul that claimed 39 lives and left scores wounded, according to a new report. The massacre was carried out by a “heroic soldier of the caliphate who attacked the most famous nightclub where Christians were celebrating their pagan feast,” the ISIS-linked Aamaq News Agency said Monday. The gunman used an automatic rifle in “revenge for God’s religion and in response to the orders” from al-Baghdadi, the news outlet reported. The terror group described Turkey as “the servant of the cross.”
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