The shooter opened fire shortly before closing of the club “Pulse” by about two o’clock local time at night to today. According to eyewitnesses, many guests were still dancing when the shooting occurred. The club itself called on Facebook to flee on: “Abandon
The offender is now identified. This is according to “Orlando Sentinel” by Omar Mateen (29) from Port St. Lucie – US citizen of Afghan origin. According to FBI, the man had “Islamist tendencies”. A criminal past but he did not.
A Hate Crime
The design of the offender but is still not known. Investigators can not say exactly whether Mateen belong to a specific terrorist organization. At the press conference police chief Mina spoke of a hate crime and one of the worst mass shootings in American history.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer spoke of the worst attack since 9/11.
investigators explained to investigate whether there had been a terrorist attack. Switched has the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. They investigated for a “terrorist act”.
Currently’d studied nor a suspicious van and the victims identified. Police secured a handgun, an AR-15th The situation we have under control.
The eyewitness Ricardo Negron said in Sky News, when the shots began, people had thrown on the floor. Apparently the attackers had shot into the ceiling. Glass shattering lamps had fallen.
“Then there was a pause in the shooting, and some of us got up and ran to the back door,” Negron said. Eyewitnesses reported of dozens shots in rapid succession.
“I did not see the shooter. I only saw the body fall, “reported the clubbers Christopher Hanson, who was appointed at the beginning of the shooting at the bar a drink, the CNN.
He had fallen down and crawled with other visitors to the rear exit, in order to to safety. “When I got on the road, there would be people, blood everywhere,” Hanson said.
“Latin Night” with dire consequences
In the club “Latin Night” was, 320 gay men and lesbians celebrated. Many fled from the building, the TV showed victims who were supported by clubbers out of the building and in cars. Some had blood on their clothes. In front of several hospitals were waiting friends and relatives of the victims, a mother said, weeping: “My son is here. I do not know how he is. “
The offender had holed up in the club and taken hostages. Police attacked after three hours of having a “controlled explosion” to distract the perpetrator. Nine policemen shot at the man who died in the hail of bullets. Around 30 visitors had locked herself in the toilets.
At 5:00 am, the decision was taken to free the hostages. When using a special riot police there had been several deaths. Orlando Police Chief John Mina: “We were contacted by injuries in the toilet. We decided to go in. “
The site of the club had been spaciously protected immediately after the shooting. The local forces were supported by FBI federal agents. Even bomb sniffing dogs were used on the premises. Speculation that the perpetrator or perpetrators had carried a bomb with him, were not immediately confirmed.
The incident occurred just two days after the singer Christina Grimmie had been shot after a concert in Orlando. According to police, a 27-year-old killed the 22-year-old musician on Friday night at an autograph session before taking his own life. His motives were unclear. Grimmie was made famous by the US talent show “The Voice”. (SDA / gf / stj)
Posted on 12/06/2016 | Updated 1 minute ago
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