Attackers Open Fire at Nightclub in Istanbul, Killing 35 http://nyti.ms/2hEG85O All I could think of is that the Santa suits don't seem like the M.O. of islamo-terrorists. Then I started thinking about the Russian diplomat assassinated earlier in the week. Russian revenge for the assassination? Act to discredit Erdogan's security apparatus? Destabilize a NATO country? Kurdish dissidents? Simple terrorist attack? Who knows at this point.