Daesh terrorist Abdulkadir Masharipov, an Uzbek national, was handed the equivalent of 40 life sentences without parole, plus an additional 1,368 years in prison.
Abdulgadir Masharipov, who confessed to killing 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub in a New Year gun attack, faces 40 life sentences, one for each of the victims and the massacre itself.
The operative was killed in a ground raid in Syria, the US military's Central Command said.
Turkish authorities detain 22-year-old French citizen "A.S." over his alleged involvement in a New Year's Day shooting at an Istanbul nightclub.
Police detained the man, identified as Abdulgadir Masharipov, in Istanbul's Esenyurt district. Masharipov was wanted by the Turkish police for allegedly gunning down 39 people at Reina, a popular nightclub, during New Year celebrations.
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