(CNN) Turkish authorities arrested two Chinese citizens over alleged links to the New Year's nightclub terrorist attack in Istanbul, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency.
Omar Asim and Abuliezi Abuduhamiti have been accused of being members of an "armed terror organization" and of involvement in 39 counts of murder, the news agency reported.
Attack at Istanbul nightclub
This still photo, taken from surveillance footage and released on Monday, January 2, is believed to show the gunman responsible for carrying out a New Year's Day attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul. The popular nightclub was attacked shortly after midnight on Sunday, January 1. At least 39 people were killed and 69 were wounded, Turkey's Interior Minister said. Authorities are still
searching for the attacker.
A Turkish special forces officer stands near the Reina nightclub on January 2. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted to Twitter.
A friend of someone killed in the attack reacts near victims' pictures outside the nightclub on January 2.
A police officer inspects cars near the scene on January 2.
People carry the coffin of Yunus Gormek, a victim of the attack, during a funeral ceremony in Istanbul on January 2.
People mourn outside the Forensic Medical Center in Istanbul on January 1.
Relatives of Ayhan Arik, one of the victims of the attack, cry during a funeral ceremony in Istanbul on January 1.
An ambulance rushes from the scene of the attack on January 1.
A woman is consoled at the site of the attack.
Medics wheel a stretcher at the scene.
Police officers stand guard.
People leave the scene of the attack.
A medic reacts near the scene of the attack.
A wounded victim is rushed from the scene.
Medics and security officials work at the scene of the attack.
A wounded person is put into an ambulance.
People walk in the rain near the scene of the attack.
An ambulance transports those wounded in the attack.
A gunman opened fire, killing 39 people and wounding 69 others, during a New Year's party at the upscale nightclub, Reina. Authorities are searching for the gunman who carried out the massacre.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted to Twitter, but CNN cannot independently verify it.
Days after the attack, Turkish police arrested several suspects who were from China's northwestern Xinjiang region on charges of aiding and abetting, reported Anadolu.
Xinjiang is home to a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group known as the Uyghurs. Anadolu says the two suspects are Uyghurs.
So far, 35 people have been detained after the terrorist attack on the nightclub, Anadolu reported, citing police sources.