DISNEY / OSLO (AP) Omar Mateen (29) is identified as the culprits behind mass shootings in Orlando where 50 were killed. His father regrets the incident.
Both CNN and NBC News gets lit from sources within the US government that Omar Mateen should have called the emergency number 911 before the attack early Sunday.
He will call for pledged allegiance to IS, and he should also have mentioned the Boston bombing in 2013 in which three were killed and 260 wounded.
The father of the perpetrator Omar Mateen, Mir Seddique, has responded to NBC News about the shooting at the nightclub Pulse night to Sunday.
– This is not about religion, but rather that my son was angry at seeing two men kiss in Miami a few months ago, he said to NBC News.
Wallpaper : Mass Shooting at a nightclub in the United states: 50 people are killed
at the same time he wants to apologize for the incident, saying they did not know of her son’s plans.
– we wish to say that we regret this whole incident. We did not know this or plans our son had. We are like the country shocked.
Adds lay flowers
Former US correspondent, now VG commentator Anders Gievær stands at police checkpoints outside the nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
He tells about strong reactions and people who cry and hug each other.
– Downtown Orlando is the an entertainment area for the whole world, going to Disney world and theme parks here. Now the street as I stand characterized by people who hug each other and put down flowers, still shocked and put out by shooting massacre.
– This is an attack on some of the softest goals one imagine.
– He was not stable
for the Washington Post tells Mate former wife that his family is originally from Afghanistan, but that her former husband was born in New York.
the ex-wife pointed out Mateen through a series of MySpace images, where Mateen among others are wearing shirts marked New York Police Department.
Moreover, she tells the newspaper that the two met over the internet, and she later moved to Florida to marry him. The two married in 2009, but official papers showing that they were separated again in 2011.
– He seemed totally normal, and not particularly religious when I married him. He often went on treningssenterert to train, she tells the newspaper.
But gradually he became violent, says ex-wife. She refers to him as mentally unstable, and says he hit her repeatedly during the brief marriage.
– He was not stable. He could only come home and beat me because laundry was not done, or things like that, she said.
– It is an ideologically motivated attack
The identity of the culprits behind massacre is now confirmed by the US government.
– it is an ideologically motivated attack, but we have no precise information whether he belonged to a particular group, but it was no coincidence that just the place and time were chosen . It could have happened all of us, it is the nature of terrorism, says Congressman Alan Grayson during an ongoing press conference.
The mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, confirmed at the press conference that 50 people have been killed in the attack, and 53 people were injured.
29 years old Omar Mateen was not on the US list of potential terrorists before the attack, said.
– the is with great sadness that I say that we do not have 20, but 50 died. Our focus now is to get identified the dead, said the mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, who declares state of emergency for Orlando.
– This is one of the biggest tragedies we have seen, says Police Chief Police Chief John Mina.
More critically injured
A representative of the hospital who have embraced many of the injured, says that several of the victims have critical injuries.
– We have spent the morning to operate several of the victims, and we continue to treat them. Many are seriously injured, and we try to make contact with relatives to get identified victims. This is going to take time, he said.
– Was there any communication with the suspect before you went in?
– There were some communication but we will not go out with this now. This was a situation which contained hostages, things happened very quickly. We must constantly evaluate what we should do. This is something that will be part of the investigation, said Police Chief John Mina.
Grayson reported that police now ransack the property and assets of the perpetrator.
consider it as a terrorist act
police estimated that there were nearly 320 people inside the nightclub Pulse in Orlando when Mateen began shooting around just after the clock 02.02 local time.
the nightclub is a popular place for many gays in the city.
29-year-old was armed with a rifle and a handgun, and police have told he was was organized and well prepared.
The perpetrator was himself killed in a shootout with police counterterrorism team.
Head of the Orlando police, John Mina, said that there were nine policemen involved in the firefight with the perpetrator, one of them was injured. He was hit by a shot in the head, but Kevlar helmet he wore made sure he avoided serious injury.
– The time 2:02 we had a police officer who was at work at nightclub Pulse, responding to reports of shooting. This police officer fell to the shootout with the perpetrator, and it was an hostage situation. Several police officers pulled the nightclub, and at 5:00 it was decided that they had to rescue hostages. We were contacted by at least 15 people who hid in including restrooms. Antiterror team proceeded to enter, and the perpetrator was killed during a firefight, said police.
Ron Hopper and Danny Banks FBI has stated that they signify the attack as a terrorist act.
– Each time we have several dozen killed, we can call it an act of terrorism. Whether there is a national or international terrorism, we will now find out, they stated at a press conference.
Witness: – It was a bloodbath
Several witnesses tell of gruesome scenes inside the nightclub. A man says he hid in a closet when he heard the shots.
– What has happened is absolutely horrid. A tragedy, says a witness who was at the club in Orlando when the offender started shooting. It was a bloodbath, he says the TV station WFTV 9.
Another person who was waiting for his brother at the local hospital, says that his brother is terrified by the incident.
– my brother is traumatized. His friend was shot three times. He had someone’s blood on the t-shirt’s, tells the brother of the man who was on the club.
Ray Viera DJ at the nightclub when the shooting began.
– I never thought I would experience this, he says to WFTV9.
he says he turned off the music after the shooting began.
– People said ‘get out’ says DJ who managed to get from the event with his life.
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