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The Latest: UAE warns citizens on Turkey travel after attack

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The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, is illuminated in the colours of the flag of Turkey on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017 the day after an assailant killed dozens of people in a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year's celebrations on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (The Associated Press)

In this photo released by the Lebanese Government, Lebanese Red Cross volunteers unload the coffin of a Lebanese victim who was killed in the Istanbul nightclub attack, at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Jan. 2, 2017. A jet carrying the bodies of three Lebanese citizens killed in the shooting at an Istanbul nightclub has landed in Beirut, with three others who were wounded aboard. The jet arrived Monday night from Istanbul where 39 people died in the New Year Eve's attack. (Dalati Nohra/Lebanese Government via AP) (The Associated Press)

Relatives of Elias Wardini, a Lebanese man who was killed in the New Year's Eve Istanbul nightclub attack, mourn as they comfort each other during his funeral procession, at a church in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. The gunman killed 39 people, most of them foreigners, including three Lebanese citizens, at the Istanbul nightclub. The Islamic State group claimed the attack on Monday, saying a "soldier of the caliphate" had carried out the mass shooting in response to Turkish military operations against IS in northern Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) (The Associated Press)

The Latest on the manhunt for the Istanbul nightclub attacker and the aftermath of the massacre (all times local):

10:50 a.m.

The United Arab Emirates has warned its citizens not to travel to Turkey following the attack on an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people.

The UAE's Foreign Ministry has issued a terse statement in Arabic to "postpone plans to travel to Turkey until further notice."

While no Emirati was killed in the attack, one Kuwaiti and seven Saudis were killed in the New Year's assault.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack at the Reina nightclub.

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10:40 a.m.

Turkish media have run a "selfie video" of a man they say is the gunman who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub.

The video broadcast on Turkish television Tuesday shows the alleged gunman filming himself at Taksim square. It wasn't immediately clear if it was filmed before or after the New Year's massacre at the Reina nightclub.

The Islamic State group claimed the attack. The gunman, who is still at large, hasn't been identified.

Several media reports said the man was believed to be from a Central Asian nation. Haber Turk newspaper said the man is thought to be a member of China's Muslim Uighur minority. It said he arrived in the Turkish city of Konya with his wife and two children. His family was detained, it said.