The responsibility for this attack took on jihadi organization Islamic State (IS).
“The armed attack on the club in Orlando, in which more than a hundred people were killed or wounded, was carried out by the militant Islamic State” – reads the agency Al-Amak associated with IS news agency.
According to US media just before the massacre Omar Mateen was declared by the Islamic faithful to you by calling the emergency number 911. He was also known to the FBI with its “Islamist sympathies.”
Senator Bill Nelson of Florida warned that jihadists statement has not yet been confirmed. – When we get more details, we’ll have to see what the relationship with the perpetrator IS – he said.
FBI initiated an investigation
Investigators examine, inter alia, whether the perpetrator was “lone wolf” or had accomplices. The police searches of his house in Port St. Lucie.
Przedstawiciele The FBI admitted that the 29-year-old was twice – in 2013 and 2014 years – suspected of links with radical Islamists. Because not found links with terrorists, investigations were closed.
In 2013, Mateen during an argument at work threatened colleagues that have links with terrorists. They notified the police, the FBI initiated an investigation. – Finally, we have not been able to confirm his words, and the case was closed – said the representative of the FBI Ronald Hopper.
In 2014, it was found that Mateen had contact with Moner Abu Salah, who carried out a suicide bombing in Syria. – We found that the contact was minimal and then not a threat – explained Hopper.
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“It was not a radical, he was mentally ill”
She was the wife of Mateen admitted that he was “mentally unstable and mentally ill.” In an interview with reporters stressed that the 29-year-old suffered from bipolar disorder, had a “history of steroids” and violent disposition.
The woman admitted that Mateen beat her regularly. Seeing what was happening, she took it from him her family. Their turbulent marriage ended after four months. As pointed out, had with him a long time of contact.
She was the wife of Mateen he said that he was a religious man, but did not see him signs of radicalism. Also he delegated that her ex-husband wanted to be a cop.
Since 2007, Mateen worked in Florida in the largest security company in the world – G4S. Weapons wore legally, within the framework of their duties.
The company G4S said that in 2007 and 2013 years Mateen underwent tests, the results of which did not raise any objections. It provided also that nothing wiedzieła about his alleged links with terrorism.
The 29-year-old father told television station MSNBC, he does not believe in a religious motive actions of his son. – But he hated gays. I used to be very angry at the sight of two men kissing in public – he stressed.
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More than a hundred people dead and wounded
Ok. hours. 2 (8 am Polish time) on the night of Saturday to Sunday, armed men started shooting at a nightclub for gays called Pulse.
The police chief of Orlando John Mina said that the perpetrator first fired the shots to a security guard working in the club, then he went inside and started shooting. 29-year-old also took hostages. He threatened to have with each other explosives.
After about three hours to building infiltrated officers of the special police units SWAT. Attacker was killed in a firefight with one of the officers.
The mayor of the city of Orlando, Florida, Buddy Dyer, handed on Sunday that the shooting of 50 people were killed and 53 were injured. According to hospital sources, some of the wounded are in critical condition.
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“bloodiest shooting in history”
US President Barack Obama said Sunday that on that day there was a “bloodiest shootings in American history.” The attack at a nightclub called an “act of terror” and “acts of hatred.”
– Today we mourn the brutal murder, a terrible massacre of dozens of innocent people – he said. – We will be united as Americans, to protect our people and defend our country, and also take action against those who threaten us – he said.
Speaking at the White House a few hours after the shooting, Obama said that the United States “can not spare no effort” to clarify whether Mateen had any links with extremist groups. – What is certain is that he was a man full of hate – said.
The US president said also that the day of the shooting is “particularly heartbreaking day” for LGBT community and a reminder that an attack on any American is an attack on all citizens, regardless of race, religion, ethnic origin or sexual orientation.
Obama ordered to leave at half-mast flag over the White House to honor the memory of the victims.
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announcements from around the world
The attack on the club condemned Pope Francis. “The terrible massacre in Orlando, with a very high number of innocent victims, aroused the Holy Father and all of us the deepest feelings of disgust and condemnation, pain and shock in the face of this new manifestation of the murderous folly and senseless hatred” – said Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi.
German President Joachim Gauck has sent US President Barack Obama condolences. “The news of the many victims nacechowanego contempt for human assassination murderous Orlando deeply shocked me. It is difficult to quantify the importance of such an act, both human and political point of view” – wrote Gauck.
His compassion also declared Chancellor Angela Merkel. “The murderous attack in Orlando deep us shook. We feel sad because of the many killed, we thought of the families and the injured,” – wrote on Twitter spokesman for the German government, Steffen Seibert.
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid US President Barack Obama and condolences to all Americans. In a telegram of condolence the head of the Russian state emphasized that “Russia shares the pain and sorrow of those who lost their relatives and loved ones as a result of this barbaric crime and feeds on hope as soon as possible recovery of wounded.”
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