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The Latest: Turkey lowers number of foreign fatalities

Medics and security officials work at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Turkey's state-run news agency says an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, wounding several people.(IHA via AP)
Medics and security officials work at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. Turkey's state-run news agency says an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, wounding several people.(IHA via AP)

By Associated Press 3 min read

ISTANBUL (AP) – The Latest on a deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub. (all times local):

9:20 a.m.

Turkey’s interior minister has lowered the number of foreign nationals killed in the Istanbul nightclub attack to 15.

Health Minister Suleyman Soylu meanwhile says of the five Turkish fatalities identified so far, three or four were believed to be employees working at the club.

He says: “This was a massacre, a truly inhuman savagery.”