A Turkish court on Monday sentenced an Islamic State suspect to life in prison over the New Year's Eve attack on a nightclub in Istanbul that left 39 people dead in 2017.
The suspect, Albulkadir Masharipov of Uzbekistan, was convicted of 39 counts of murder and one count of attempting to overthrow the constitutional order. He was handed 40 consecutive life sentences without parole.
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The court also sentenced him to a total of 1,368 years in prison for the attempted murder of 79 people who escaped the attack with injuries.
Of the 58 other defendants I the case, 11 were acquitted of the charges, while others received various sentences for membership in a terror organization, the agency said.
