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An undated photo from a social media account of Omar Mateen, who Orlando Police have identified as the suspect in the mass shooting at a gay nighclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 12, 2016. Omar Mateen via Myspace/ REUTERS

‘Always Agitated. Always Mad’: Omar Mateen, According to Those Who Knew Him

by Dan Barry Serge F. Kovaleski Alan Blinder and Munjib Masha | Jun 22, 2016 | World

ORLANDO, Fla. — The brother of the bride arrived late for her reception. But soon enough he was mingling at the lakeside pavilion in West Palm Beach, where a diverse gathering of guests dined on chicken tikka masala and goat biryani while admiring the view of the...

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Police forensic investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando. REUTERS/Jim Young

FBI Director: Orlando Shooting Probe Looks ‘Backward’ into Agency Files on Shooter

by Matt Zapotosky Adam Gopoton and Brian Murphy | Jun 15, 2016 | World

Orlando – Even as FBI investigators peered deeper Tuesday into the life of the Orlando nightclub gunman, the agency faced its own internal reckoning over whether warnings signs were missed during a 10-month probe of the shooter three years ago. The expected...

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Trump Calls for Obama’s Resignation After Orlando Shooting. Reuters

Obama: ‘Orlando Shooter Self-Radicalized over Internet’

by Mohammed Ali Saleh and Khater alKhater | Jun 14, 2016 | Middle East

Washington-Obama said on Monday that the mass murder carried out by Omar Mateen, the American who has joined ISIS and killed 50 people at a nightclub in the U.S. city of Orlando on Sunday, was “inspired” by violent extremist propaganda. Omar’s father said that he...

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Mourners lay flowers during a vigil in reaction to the mass shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida,in New York on June 12, 2016. Bryan R. Smith / AFP

ISIS Claims Orlando Shooting as Families, Friends Wait Anxiously for News

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 13, 2016 | World

ISIS on Monday claimed responsibility for a shooting that killed 50 people at a nightclub in the U.S. city of Orlando, saying in a radio bulletin that it was carried out by “one of the soldiers of the caliphate.” “Allah allowed Omar Mateen, one of the...