Earlier Adam Schiff, a member of US House of Representatives, said Sunday that a perpetrator of the deadly attacks in the US city of Orlando had pledged allegiance to Daesh.
My full statement on the #Orlando shooting this morning: pic.twitter.com/viERHIljen
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) 12 June 2016
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer confirmed that at least 50 people were killed and 53 more were injured in the shooting.
Registered Democrat voter Omar Mir Seddique Mateen of Afghan origins commits worse mass shooting in American History pic.twitter.com/SMp1PZKAG6
— Stacey Dash (@REALStaceyDash) 12 June 2016
The attack was conducted by Omar Saddiqui Mateen, US national of reportedly Afghan origin.
According to FOX News, the suspect was known to the FBI. However there were no official comments from law inforcement officers as of yet.
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