搜捕襲擊者的努力在繼續

BBC News - At least 39 people, including 15 foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey's interior minister says. At least 69 people were being treated in hospital, four were said to be in a serious condition, Suleyman Soylu added.

BBC新聞 - 伊斯坦布爾一家夜總會遭襲, 至少39人喪生,包括15名外國人，土耳其內政部長說。至少69人在醫院接受治療，4人據說傷勢嚴重，蘇萊曼.索伊盧還說。

A gunman opened fire in Reina nightclub at about 01:30 local time (22:30 GMT), as revellers marked the new year.

當地時間大約凌晨1:30 (格林威治時間22:30)，一名槍手趁着狂歡者慶祝新年之際在雷娜夜總會開槍射擊。

Addressing reporters early on Sunday, Mr Soylu said: "This was a massacre, a truly inhuman savagery.'' "A manhunt for the terrorist is under way. Police have launched operations. We hope the attacker will be captured soon."

索伊盧部長週日上午對記者發表講話說："這是大屠殺，真正沒人性的野蠻行徑。""搜捕恐怖分子的行動正在進行中。警方已經發起了行動。我們希望不久就能抓獲襲擊者。"

Reina nightclub, in the the Ortakoy area of Istanbul, is an upmarket venue on the banks of the Bosphorus.

伊斯坦布爾奧塔科伊地區的雷娜夜總會，是博斯普魯斯海峽岸上的一個高檔場所。

Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said the attacker killed a policeman and a civilian outside the club before entering and opening fire. There were reportedly as many as 700 people in the nightclub at the time of the attack, some of whom jumped into the water to escape.

伊斯坦布爾市長沙欣說，襲擊者進入夜總會開火前在外面打死了一名警察和平民。據報道，襲擊發生時夜總會內多達700人，其中有些人跳入水中逃生。

"Before I could understand what was happening, my husband fell on top me,'' the Associated Press news agency quoted Sinem Uyanik, who was inside the club, as saying. "I had to lift several bodies from (on) top of me before I could get out. It was frightening.''

"在我還沒明白髮生了什麼的時候，我丈夫就倒在了我身上，"美聯社引用當時在夜總會的希娜姆的話說。"我得推開壓在我身上的好幾具屍體才能脫身。真是太嚇人了。"

The Turkish authorities have imposed a media blackout on coverage of the attack, citing security and public order concerns, but it does not extend to official statements.

土耳其當局以安全和公共秩序之慮爲由，對這次襲擊報道實施媒體封鎖，但不包括官方聲明。

Some media reports spoke of more than one attacker and Dogan news agency reported that some witnesses claimed the attackers were "speaking Arabic", but there is no confirmation of this.

一些媒體報道說不止一個襲擊者，而多安通訊社報道，一些目擊者稱襲擊者"說阿拉伯語"，但這種說法沒有得到證實。