Three Lebanese citizens were killed and four others were injured in the New Year’s Eve massacre at an Istanbul nightclub, Lebanon’s consul general in the Turkish city said on Sunday.
“After visiting Istanbul’s forensic department and after inspecting the bodies, Lebanon’s Consul General in Istanbul Hani Chemaitelli confirmed the death of the three Lebanese citizens Elias Wardini, Rita Shami and Haykal Musallem and the wounding of Francois al-Asmar, Nidal Bsherrawi, Bushra Doueihi and Melissa Baralardo,” Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
“The staff of the consulate general is still visiting hospitals in the city of Istanbul to confirm that there are no other Lebanese casualties, at the instructions of Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil,” NNA added.
The plane that was dispatched to pick up the wounded people and the bodies of the Lebanese has reportedly just arrived in Istanbul according to the US consulate
Source: Agencies
