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GALTIONS 6:7
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
OTHER WORST HISTORY TERRORIST ORLANDO STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/day-2-of-worst-mass-shooting-and-2nd.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/42-injured-and-at-least-up-to-20-dead.html
CITY OF ORLANDO
http://www.cityoforlando.net/
http://www.cityoforlando.net/police/criminal-investigations/
NEWS
http://www.cityoforlando.net/news/
VICTIM NAME WEBSITE
Cityoforlando.net/victim
GALTIONS 6:7
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
OTHER WORST HISTORY TERRORIST ORLANDO STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/day-2-of-worst-mass-shooting-and-2nd.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2016/06/42-injured-and-at-least-up-to-20-dead.html
CITY OF ORLANDO
http://www.cityoforlando.net/
http://www.cityoforlando.net/police/criminal-investigations/
NEWS
http://www.cityoforlando.net/news/
VICTIM NAME WEBSITE
Cityoforlando.net/victim
UPDATE-JUNE 14,2016-09:00PM
AT LEAST 2 OF THE INJURED WOMEN THAT SURVIVED THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY MATEEN. DO BELIEVE THEIR WAS MORE SHOOTERS THEN JUST OMAR. THEY BELIEVE THERE WAS AT LEAST 2 SHOOTERS. AND BACK TO THE WIFE OF MATEEN. REPORTS ARE SAYING THAT NOOR MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY DROVE MATEEN TO THE GAY BAR THE NIGHT HE SHOT IT UP KILLING 49 PEOPLE. AND OTHER REPORTS SAY SHE ACTUALLY CASED THE PLACES MATEEN WANTED TO DO A TERRORIST ATTACK AT. BACK IN APRIL. THE MATEENS WENT FOR A TRIP TO DISNEY SPRINGS. WERE REPORTS ARE NOW SAYING THAT IT WAS NO DAY OUT AT DISNEY. IT WAS A CASEOUT TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO DO THE TERRORIST ATTACK THERE. REPORTS ALSO SAY THAT NOOR ACTUALLY DROVE HIM TO THE STORE WERE HE BOUGHT AMMUNITION. AND NOW IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF NOOR DROVE MATEEN TO THE STORE WERE HE BOUGHT THE RIFFLE AND HAND GUN ALSO. NOOR I BELIEVE KNEW EXACTLY WHEN AND HOW MATEEN WAS GOING TO DO THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE GAY BAR IN ORLANDO. NOW IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NOOR THAT RENTED THE VAN FROM THE RENTAL COMPANY. ESPECIALLY IF THE REPORTS ARE CORRECT THAT NOOR TOLD POLICE. ON JUNE 12 SHE ACTUALLY DROVE HIM TO THE GAY CLUB IN ORLANDO. OR MAYBE EVEN NOOR IS COVERING UP FOR THE 2ND SHOOTER. IF THERE WAS ONE. MAYBE MATEEN DROVE THE RENTED VAN TO THE NIGHTCLUB WITH THE SECOND SHOOTER. WHILE NOOR DROVE THEIR REGULAR VEHICLE BEHIND THEM. IF THEIR WAS A SECOND SHOOTER. MAYBE HE WENT IN WITH THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC HAND GUN-SINCE THEIR WAS A 3RD WEAPON POLICE FOUND IN THE RENTED VAN I HEARD. MAYBE WHILE MATEEN WAS OUTSIDE HAVING THE HALF HOUR SHOOTOUT WITH THE POLICE SECURITY GUARD. IN THE INSIDE OF THE GAY BAR FROM JUST AFTER 2AM TILL 2:30AM. IF THEIR WAS A SECOND SHOOTER. HE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLING THE INITIAL PEOPLE. THEN MAYBE AFTER MATEEN CAME BACK IN FROM THE SHOUTOUT WITH THE POLICE SECURITY. HE TOOK OVER SHOOTING UP THE PLACE. WHILE THE SECOND SHOOTER ESCAPED OUT SOME DOOR OR SOMETHING. AND NOOR WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN WAITING OUTSIDE WITH HER VEHICLE. WOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE SECOND SHOOTER. AND JUST CASUALLY WOULD DRIVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. AND POLICE WOULD THEN THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE SHOOTER. ONLY MATEEN. AND IF THIS WOULD BE THE SENARIO. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE SECOND SHOOTER COULD BE A CLOSE FREIND OR EVEN A RELATIVE OF NOOR OR MATEEN. AND NOW WE JUST HEAR THAT FOR SURE NOOR KNEW ABOUT THE TERROR ATTACK COMING. AND REPORTS SAY BY AS EARLY AS TOMORROW MORNING POLICE MIGHT BE CHARGING HER WITH ACCESSORY BEFORE AND OR AFTER THE FACT TO 49 COUNTS OF MURDER AND 53 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
AT LEAST 2 OF THE INJURED WOMEN THAT SURVIVED THE TERRORIST ATTACK BY MATEEN. DO BELIEVE THEIR WAS MORE SHOOTERS THEN JUST OMAR. THEY BELIEVE THERE WAS AT LEAST 2 SHOOTERS. AND BACK TO THE WIFE OF MATEEN. REPORTS ARE SAYING THAT NOOR MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY DROVE MATEEN TO THE GAY BAR THE NIGHT HE SHOT IT UP KILLING 49 PEOPLE. AND OTHER REPORTS SAY SHE ACTUALLY CASED THE PLACES MATEEN WANTED TO DO A TERRORIST ATTACK AT. BACK IN APRIL. THE MATEENS WENT FOR A TRIP TO DISNEY SPRINGS. WERE REPORTS ARE NOW SAYING THAT IT WAS NO DAY OUT AT DISNEY. IT WAS A CASEOUT TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO DO THE TERRORIST ATTACK THERE. REPORTS ALSO SAY THAT NOOR ACTUALLY DROVE HIM TO THE STORE WERE HE BOUGHT AMMUNITION. AND NOW IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF NOOR DROVE MATEEN TO THE STORE WERE HE BOUGHT THE RIFFLE AND HAND GUN ALSO. NOOR I BELIEVE KNEW EXACTLY WHEN AND HOW MATEEN WAS GOING TO DO THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE GAY BAR IN ORLANDO. NOW IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NOOR THAT RENTED THE VAN FROM THE RENTAL COMPANY. ESPECIALLY IF THE REPORTS ARE CORRECT THAT NOOR TOLD POLICE. ON JUNE 12 SHE ACTUALLY DROVE HIM TO THE GAY CLUB IN ORLANDO. OR MAYBE EVEN NOOR IS COVERING UP FOR THE 2ND SHOOTER. IF THERE WAS ONE. MAYBE MATEEN DROVE THE RENTED VAN TO THE NIGHTCLUB WITH THE SECOND SHOOTER. WHILE NOOR DROVE THEIR REGULAR VEHICLE BEHIND THEM. IF THEIR WAS A SECOND SHOOTER. MAYBE HE WENT IN WITH THE SEMI-AUTOMATIC HAND GUN-SINCE THEIR WAS A 3RD WEAPON POLICE FOUND IN THE RENTED VAN I HEARD. MAYBE WHILE MATEEN WAS OUTSIDE HAVING THE HALF HOUR SHOOTOUT WITH THE POLICE SECURITY GUARD. IN THE INSIDE OF THE GAY BAR FROM JUST AFTER 2AM TILL 2:30AM. IF THEIR WAS A SECOND SHOOTER. HE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLING THE INITIAL PEOPLE. THEN MAYBE AFTER MATEEN CAME BACK IN FROM THE SHOUTOUT WITH THE POLICE SECURITY. HE TOOK OVER SHOOTING UP THE PLACE. WHILE THE SECOND SHOOTER ESCAPED OUT SOME DOOR OR SOMETHING. AND NOOR WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN WAITING OUTSIDE WITH HER VEHICLE. WOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE SECOND SHOOTER. AND JUST CASUALLY WOULD DRIVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. AND POLICE WOULD THEN THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE SHOOTER. ONLY MATEEN. AND IF THIS WOULD BE THE SENARIO. THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE SECOND SHOOTER COULD BE A CLOSE FREIND OR EVEN A RELATIVE OF NOOR OR MATEEN. AND NOW WE JUST HEAR THAT FOR SURE NOOR KNEW ABOUT THE TERROR ATTACK COMING. AND REPORTS SAY BY AS EARLY AS TOMORROW MORNING POLICE MIGHT BE CHARGING HER WITH ACCESSORY BEFORE AND OR AFTER THE FACT TO 49 COUNTS OF MURDER AND 53 COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.
UPDATE-JUNE 14,2016-03:00PM
27 PATIENTS ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL OF THE 53 INJURED BY MATEEN SUNDAY IN THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK THAT SLAUGHTERED 49 PEOPLE. 6 ARE STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE. 16 ARE IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. WE NOW FIND OUT MATEEN A WEEK BEFORE THE TERRORIST ATTACK AND THE VERY DAY OF THE ATTACK ALSO. MATEEN STAKED OUT DISNEY SPRINGS. SO HE MUST HAVE BEEN DECIDING WETHER HE WANTED TO DO HIS ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK ON DISNEY SPRINGS OR THE PULSE SODOMITE NIGHT CLUB. AND HE OVIOUSLY DECIDED HE COULD KILL MORE PEOPLE AT THE NIGHTCLUB,THEN AT DISNEY SPRINGS. AND TO GO A LITTLE FURTHUR ABOUT MATEENS GOINGS AT THE PULSE GAY NIGHTCLUB. A WORKER AT THE NIGHTCLUB SAID THAT MATEEN WOULD COME INTO THE GAY BAR. AT LEAST TWICE A MONTHS FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS.
27 PATIENTS ARE STILL IN THE HOSPITAL OF THE 53 INJURED BY MATEEN SUNDAY IN THE ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK THAT SLAUGHTERED 49 PEOPLE. 6 ARE STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE. 16 ARE IN SERIOUS BUT STABLE CONDITION. WE NOW FIND OUT MATEEN A WEEK BEFORE THE TERRORIST ATTACK AND THE VERY DAY OF THE ATTACK ALSO. MATEEN STAKED OUT DISNEY SPRINGS. SO HE MUST HAVE BEEN DECIDING WETHER HE WANTED TO DO HIS ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK ON DISNEY SPRINGS OR THE PULSE SODOMITE NIGHT CLUB. AND HE OVIOUSLY DECIDED HE COULD KILL MORE PEOPLE AT THE NIGHTCLUB,THEN AT DISNEY SPRINGS. AND TO GO A LITTLE FURTHUR ABOUT MATEENS GOINGS AT THE PULSE GAY NIGHTCLUB. A WORKER AT THE NIGHTCLUB SAID THAT MATEEN WOULD COME INTO THE GAY BAR. AT LEAST TWICE A MONTHS FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS.
FBI: Orlando gunman had strong indications of radicalization-[The Canadian Press]-Eric Tucker And Jack Gillum, The Associated Press-June 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON - The gunman at the Orlando gay nightclub had "strong indications of radicalization" and was likely inspired by foreign terrorist organizations, the FBI director said Monday.James Comey also said the man, who has been identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, spoke with a 911 operator three times during the deadly event. At one point, Comey said, he pledged loyalty on the call to the head of the Islamic State group.Comey's remarks offered further detail on the shootings that left 49 victims dead and more than 50 hurt, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Mateen died in a gun battle with police.President Barack Obama said Monday the killer was inspired by extremist information over the internet, calling it an apparent example of the "homegrown extremism" that U.S. officials have been worrying about for years.Mateen had twice come to the FBI's attention before Sunday's shooting, the FBI said. It investigated him for 10 months, beginning in May 2013, because he had made "inflammatory and contradictory" statements about ties to terrorist groups that caught his coworkers' attention.Mateen was working at the time as a contract security guard at a local courthouse. He has held a Florida license to be an armed security officer since at least 2011, state records show.The FBI director said that Mateen at the time claimed family connections to al-Qaida and said he was a member of Hezbollah, which Comey said "is a Shia terrorist organization that is a bitter enemy of the so-called Islamic State."Mateen had also told coworkers "he hoped that law enforcement would raid his apartment and assault his wife and child so that he could martyr himself," Comey said.The FBI's Miami field office opened a preliminary investigation to determine whether Mateen was "possibly a terrorist." The FBI began introducing him to confidential sources, following him, reviewing some details of his communications and running him through government databases looking for ties to terrorism.Comey said Mateen admitted making the statements reported by his coworkers, but explained that he did it in anger because he thought they were discriminating against him and teasing him because he was Muslim, Comey said.Agents closed the first investigation in early 2014, but Mateen's name came up in a separate FBI investigation a few months later, in July 2014.This time, the FBI was investigating Moner Mohammad Abusalha, a Florida man who blew himself up in a suicide attack in Syria on behalf of the al-Qaida affiliated Nusra Front.The FBI found Mateen and the man had attended the same mosque and knew each other casually. "But the investigation turned up no ties of any consequence between the two of them," Comey said.Comey said that one witness interviewed during the investigation into Abusalha brought up Mateen's name when asked if the witness knew of anyone "who might be radicalizing."The witness said he worried about Mateen because he mentioned videos of Anwar al-Alwaki, an al-Qaida leader killed in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike. But the witness said his concerns had diminished after Mateen got married, had a child and got a job as a security guard.Comey said that FBI agents interviewed Mateen again during the investigation, but found no "significant contacts with the suicide bomber for Al-Nusra" and moved on.___Associated Press writers Chad Day and Eileen Sullivan contributed to this report.
WASHINGTON - The gunman at the Orlando gay nightclub had "strong indications of radicalization" and was likely inspired by foreign terrorist organizations, the FBI director said Monday.James Comey also said the man, who has been identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, spoke with a 911 operator three times during the deadly event. At one point, Comey said, he pledged loyalty on the call to the head of the Islamic State group.Comey's remarks offered further detail on the shootings that left 49 victims dead and more than 50 hurt, making it the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Mateen died in a gun battle with police.President Barack Obama said Monday the killer was inspired by extremist information over the internet, calling it an apparent example of the "homegrown extremism" that U.S. officials have been worrying about for years.Mateen had twice come to the FBI's attention before Sunday's shooting, the FBI said. It investigated him for 10 months, beginning in May 2013, because he had made "inflammatory and contradictory" statements about ties to terrorist groups that caught his coworkers' attention.Mateen was working at the time as a contract security guard at a local courthouse. He has held a Florida license to be an armed security officer since at least 2011, state records show.The FBI director said that Mateen at the time claimed family connections to al-Qaida and said he was a member of Hezbollah, which Comey said "is a Shia terrorist organization that is a bitter enemy of the so-called Islamic State."Mateen had also told coworkers "he hoped that law enforcement would raid his apartment and assault his wife and child so that he could martyr himself," Comey said.The FBI's Miami field office opened a preliminary investigation to determine whether Mateen was "possibly a terrorist." The FBI began introducing him to confidential sources, following him, reviewing some details of his communications and running him through government databases looking for ties to terrorism.Comey said Mateen admitted making the statements reported by his coworkers, but explained that he did it in anger because he thought they were discriminating against him and teasing him because he was Muslim, Comey said.Agents closed the first investigation in early 2014, but Mateen's name came up in a separate FBI investigation a few months later, in July 2014.This time, the FBI was investigating Moner Mohammad Abusalha, a Florida man who blew himself up in a suicide attack in Syria on behalf of the al-Qaida affiliated Nusra Front.The FBI found Mateen and the man had attended the same mosque and knew each other casually. "But the investigation turned up no ties of any consequence between the two of them," Comey said.Comey said that one witness interviewed during the investigation into Abusalha brought up Mateen's name when asked if the witness knew of anyone "who might be radicalizing."The witness said he worried about Mateen because he mentioned videos of Anwar al-Alwaki, an al-Qaida leader killed in 2011 by a U.S. drone strike. But the witness said his concerns had diminished after Mateen got married, had a child and got a job as a security guard.Comey said that FBI agents interviewed Mateen again during the investigation, but found no "significant contacts with the suicide bomber for Al-Nusra" and moved on.___Associated Press writers Chad Day and Eileen Sullivan contributed to this report.
Nightclub shooter was a body builder, security guard-[The Canadian Press]-Ben Fox And Mitch Weiss, The Associated Press-June 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
FORT PIERCE, Fla. - He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and wanted to become a police officer.Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Police said 49 victims died and 53 were wounded. Mateen also was killed.Mateen was the son of an Afghan immigrant who had a talk show in the United States, the nature of which was not entirely clear: A former Afghan official said the program was pro-Taliban and a former colleague said it was enthusiastically pro-American.He attended evening prayer services at the city's Islamic Center three to four times a week, most recently with his young son, said Imam Syed Shafeeq Rahman. Although he was not very social, he also showed no signs of violence, Rahman said. He said he last saw Mateen on Friday."When he finished prayer he would just leave," Rahman told The Associated Press. "He would not socialize with anybody. He would be quiet. He would be very peaceful."He was also bipolar, Mateen's ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told reporters in Boulder, Colorado."He was mentally unstable and mentally ill," Yusufiy said. Although records show the couple didn't divorce for two years after the marriage, Yusiufiy said she was actually only with Mateen for four months because he was abusive. She said he would not let her speak to her family and that family members had to come and literally pull her out of his arms.Authorities immediately began investigating whether Sunday's attack was an act of terrorism. A law enforcement official said the gunman made a 911 call from the nightclub professing allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The law enforcement official is familiar with the investigation but was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.Yusufiy said she was "devastated, shocked, started shaking and crying" when she heard about the shooting, but she attributed the violence to Mateen's mental illness, not any alliance with terrorist groups-Rahman agreed."My personal opinion is that this has nothing to do with ISIS," he said.On Monday, the shooter's father, Seddique Mir Mateen, spoke to reporters outside his Port St. Lucie home about his son, saying "what he did was the act of a terrorist.""I apologize for what my son did. I am as sad and mad as you guys are," he said from his living room. He wouldn't go into details about any religious or political views his son held, insisting he didn't know.Asked whether he missed his son, he said, "I don't miss anything about him. What he did was against humanity."Seddique Mir Mateen is a life insurance salesman who started a group in 2010 called Durand Jirga, Inc., according to Qasim Tarin, a businessman from California who was a Durand Jirga board member. The name refers to the Durand line, the long disputed border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.Tarin said Seddique Mir Mateen had a television show on which they discussed issues facing Afghanistan."It's shocking," he said about the shooting. "(Omar Mateen's) father loves this country."Some of Seddique Mir Mateen's shows were taped and later posted on YouTube. During one episode, a sign in the background read: "Long live the U.S.A! Long live Afghanistan. ... Afghans are the best friends to the U.S.A."But a former Afghan official said the "Durand Jirga Show" appears on Payam-e-Afghan, a California-based channel that supports ethnic solidarity with the Afghan Taliban, which are mostly Pashtun. Viewers from Pashtun communities in the United States regularly call in to the channel to espouse support for Pashtun domination of Afghanistan over the nation's minorities, including Hazaras, Tajiks and Uzbeks, the official said.The "Durand Jirga Show" expresses support for the Taliban, has an anti-Pakistan slant, complains about foreigners in Afghanistan and criticizes U.S. actions there, the official said. Seddique Mir Mateen lavished praise on current Afghan President Ashraf Ghani when he appeared on the show in January 2014, but he has since denounced the Ghani government, according to the official, who said that on Saturday, Seddique Mateen appeared on the show dressed in military fatigues and used his program to criticize the current Afghan government.He also announced on that show that he would run in the next Afghan presidential election, said the official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he did not want to be linked to coverage of the shooting.In 2013, Omar Mateen made inflammatory comments to co-workers, and he was interviewed twice, FBI agent Ronald Hopper said. He called those interviews inconclusive. In 2014, Hopper said, officials found that Mateen had ties to an American suicide bomber. He described the contact as minimal, saying it did not constitute a threat at the time.Mateen purchased at least two firearms legally within the last week or so, according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Mateen had no criminal record.Gold's Gym said Mateen worked there more than five years ago and would have been able to work out there as an employee. But manager Alexis Carroll of the Fort Pierce gym declined to provide further details.Yusufiy said Mateen wanted to be a police officer and had applied to the police academy. Mateen was a security guard at the G4S company, which identifies itself on its website as "the leading global integrated security company."Daniel Gilroy told multiple news outlets that he worked with Mateen at G4S. Gilroy called him an angry, loud, profane man who used slurs for gay people, blacks, Jews and women. "He never used other words to describe them," Gilroy told the Tampa Bay Times. Mateen also regularly made threats of violence, according to Gilroy."He talked about killing people all the time," Gilroy told The New York Times. And Gilroy wasn't surprised when he learned of the massacre: "I saw it coming."Gilroy said Mateen started badgering him and sending dozens of text messages to him daily. Gilroy said he reported Mateen's behaviour to his bosses."I kind of feel a little guilty that I didn't fight harder," Gilroy said. "If I didn't walk away and I fought, then maybe 50 people would still be alive today."But Rahman said Mateen was not, as far as the imam could see, someone who would ever commit such a gruesome act of mass violence. Rahman said he knew Mateen and his family since the shooter was a young boy. Playful as a child, he became more serious as an adult, Rahman said. He spoke both English and Farsi, and was into body building"It was totally unexpected," Rahman said.___Weiss reported from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Last of the 49 bodies removed from Orlando nightclub-[The Canadian Press]-Jason Dearen, The Associated Press-June 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
ORLANDO, Fla. - The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman, who called 911 to profess allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack that left 49 victims dead.At the White House, President Barack Obama said Monday there is no clear evidence so far that gunman Omar Mateen was directed by the extremist group. He said Mateen was inspired by radical information over the internet, calling it another apparent example of "homegrown extremism."Wielding an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a handgun, Mateen opened fire at the crowded Pulse Orlando club early Sunday in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. He was killed in a gun battle with a SWAT team after police used explosives and a small armoured vehicle to punch a hole in a wall and allow dozens of club-goers to escape, police said.The tragedy shocked the nation and cast a pall over Orlando, known the world over as the home of Walt Disney World and other theme parks."We will not be defined by the act of a cowardly hater," Mayor Buddy Dyer vowed.Mateen was a 29-year-old American-born Muslim who worked as a security guard in Florida. FBI officials said they had investigated him in 2013 and 2014 on suspicion of terrorist sympathies but could not make a case against him.Counterterrorism experts have been warning in the past few years about the danger of so-called lone wolf attackers who act in sympathy with extremist groups like the Islamic State but are not directed by them.Despite the 911 call from the club, Mateen's Afghan immigrant father suggested another motive: anti-gay hatred. The father said his son got angry a few months ago when he saw two men kissing in Miami.Also, Mateen's ex-wife attributed the violence to mental illness, saying he was bipolar and abusive toward her.Obama said investigators are still looking into the killer's motivations and considering all possibilities, noting that Muslim extremist groups like the Islamic State have been known to target gays.The Islamic State's radio called Mateen "one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America." Al-Bayan Radio, a media outlet for the extremist group, hailed the attack, saying that it targeted a gathering of Christians and gays and that it was the worst attack on U.S. soil since 9-11.The statement gave no indication of whether the group planned or knew of the attack beforehand.Mateen's father, Seddique Mir Mateen, told reporters Monday that the massacre was "the act of a terrorist," and added: "I apologize for what my son did. I am as sad and mad as you guys are."He wouldn't go into details about any religious or political views his son held, saying he didn't know. Asked whether he missed his son, he said: "I don't miss anything about him. What he did was against humanity."Thirty-nine of the dead were killed at the club, and the others died at hospitals, the mayor said. By Monday morning, families of 24 of the victims had been notified, Dyer said.Workers removed the bodies four at a time on stretchers and loaded them into white vans. The action was repeated over and over. The covered bodies were taken to the county medical examiner's office. All were there by 11 p.m., Dyer said.At least 53 people were hospitalized, including five in grave condition, meaning the death toll could rise.On Monday morning, officials emphasized that there was no immediate threat to the public.The shooting started about 2 a.m., with more than 300 people inside the Pulse, where it was Latin night."He had an automatic rifle, so nobody stood a chance," said Jackie Smith, who saw two friends next to her get shot. "I just tried to get out of there."Jon Alamo had been dancing for hours when he wandered into the club's main room just in time to see the gunman. "You ever seen how Marine guys hold big weapons, shooting from left to right? That's how he was shooting at people," he said."My first thought was, 'Oh, my God, I'm going to die,'" Alamo said. "I was praying to God that I would live to see another day."Pulse patron Eddie Justice texted his mother, Mina: "Mommy I love you. In club they shooting." About 30 minutes later, hiding in a bathroom, he texted her: "He's coming. I'm gonna die."Justice's name would eventually be added to the list of the dead.On the same day as the Orlando attack, an Indiana man armed with three assault rifles and chemicals used to make explosives was arrested in Southern California and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay pride parade, authorities said.The previous deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech, where a student killed 32 people and took his own life.Mateen was not unknown to law enforcement: In 2013, he made inflammatory comments to co-workers and was interviewed twice, according to FBI agent Ronald Hopper, who called the interviews inconclusive. In 2014, Hopper said, officials found that Mateen had ties to an American suicide bomber, but the agent described the contact as minimal, saying it did not constitute a threat at the time.Mateen bought at least two guns legally within the last week or so, according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.Mateen exchanged gunfire with 14 police officers at the club and took hostages at one point. In addition to the assault rifle and handgun, he had a weapon in his vehicle, police said.Police Chief John Mina said officers held back for some time because Mateen indicated he had a bomb vest. About 5 a.m., authorities sent in a SWAT team to rescue the remaining club-goers, Mina said.___Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington, Terrance Harris, Mike Schneider and Tamara Lush in Orlando and photographer Alan Diaz in Fort Pierce, Florida, contributed to this report.
Lockdowns at University of Toronto, as police search for 'suspicious person' in black clothing, mask-[CBC]-June 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
Members of Toronto police's emergency task force are searching buildings at the University of Toronto for a person dressed in black, wearing a mask and carrying a black backpack after receiving multiple reports of a "suspicious person" on campus Monday morning. Chief Mark Saunders told reporters at the scene that the mask the person was wearing appeared to be a surgical mask and when asked about the backpack he said that "they haven't found anything right now." A second man was taken into custody during the search, but Saunders said that investigation is unrelated to the report at the university."There are security cameras that are around," said Saunders. "We're working in conjunction with the U of T police and we're trying to put the pieces together.""It's very early right now, so it's going to take a little more time to get everything so we can have as best a picture as possible to determine what this is all about," said Saunders.Police say that security at the university made the first report after seeing someone wearing a mask in a building under construction at 6 Hoskin Ave. Police also received another report of a person with a gun in the area, and are trying to determine whether that was a police officer or a suspicious person."We have not seen a picture of any firearms at this point in time," said Saunders. "There have been a few people who have said they've seen a suspicious person that fits the likeness of the photo that was shown to me."A witness took the picture that officers are using as a reference, it did not come from security footage, although they are hoping that surveillance video "can enhance it further.""That picture did not indicate or show a firearm," said Saunders, adding that "someone else" made the comment about seeing a gun, which is why the emergency task force was called in.Police are still trying to make contact with the person who made the initial report of seeing a gun to get a "cleaner picture" of what they saw. University Avenue and Queen's Park Crescent are closed from Bloor Street to Hoskin Avenue for the search and the following University of Toronto buildings are closed as well:- Falconer Hall: 84 Queen's Park-- Faculty of Law: 78 Queen's Park-- Trinity College: 6 Hoskin Avenue-- Faculty of Music: Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park-- Munk School of Global Affairs: 1 Devonshire Place-- Gerald Larkin Building: 15 Devonshire Place-- Varsity Centre: 299 Bloor Street West-- All Victoria University buildings- The university asks that no one enter those buildings, and if you are in any of those buildings to remain in place "until an all-clear is called."Women's College Hospital and SickKids Hospital are now in lockdown as well. The TTC says trains on the Yonge-University line are bypassing Museum station due to the police investigation.
FORT PIERCE, Fla. - He was a body builder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and wanted to become a police officer.Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Police said 49 victims died and 53 were wounded. Mateen also was killed.Mateen was the son of an Afghan immigrant who had a talk show in the United States, the nature of which was not entirely clear: A former Afghan official said the program was pro-Taliban and a former colleague said it was enthusiastically pro-American.He attended evening prayer services at the city's Islamic Center three to four times a week, most recently with his young son, said Imam Syed Shafeeq Rahman. Although he was not very social, he also showed no signs of violence, Rahman said. He said he last saw Mateen on Friday."When he finished prayer he would just leave," Rahman told The Associated Press. "He would not socialize with anybody. He would be quiet. He would be very peaceful."He was also bipolar, Mateen's ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told reporters in Boulder, Colorado."He was mentally unstable and mentally ill," Yusufiy said. Although records show the couple didn't divorce for two years after the marriage, Yusiufiy said she was actually only with Mateen for four months because he was abusive. She said he would not let her speak to her family and that family members had to come and literally pull her out of his arms.Authorities immediately began investigating whether Sunday's attack was an act of terrorism. A law enforcement official said the gunman made a 911 call from the nightclub professing allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The law enforcement official is familiar with the investigation but was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.Yusufiy said she was "devastated, shocked, started shaking and crying" when she heard about the shooting, but she attributed the violence to Mateen's mental illness, not any alliance with terrorist groups-Rahman agreed."My personal opinion is that this has nothing to do with ISIS," he said.On Monday, the shooter's father, Seddique Mir Mateen, spoke to reporters outside his Port St. Lucie home about his son, saying "what he did was the act of a terrorist.""I apologize for what my son did. I am as sad and mad as you guys are," he said from his living room. He wouldn't go into details about any religious or political views his son held, insisting he didn't know.Asked whether he missed his son, he said, "I don't miss anything about him. What he did was against humanity."Seddique Mir Mateen is a life insurance salesman who started a group in 2010 called Durand Jirga, Inc., according to Qasim Tarin, a businessman from California who was a Durand Jirga board member. The name refers to the Durand line, the long disputed border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.Tarin said Seddique Mir Mateen had a television show on which they discussed issues facing Afghanistan."It's shocking," he said about the shooting. "(Omar Mateen's) father loves this country."Some of Seddique Mir Mateen's shows were taped and later posted on YouTube. During one episode, a sign in the background read: "Long live the U.S.A! Long live Afghanistan. ... Afghans are the best friends to the U.S.A."But a former Afghan official said the "Durand Jirga Show" appears on Payam-e-Afghan, a California-based channel that supports ethnic solidarity with the Afghan Taliban, which are mostly Pashtun. Viewers from Pashtun communities in the United States regularly call in to the channel to espouse support for Pashtun domination of Afghanistan over the nation's minorities, including Hazaras, Tajiks and Uzbeks, the official said.The "Durand Jirga Show" expresses support for the Taliban, has an anti-Pakistan slant, complains about foreigners in Afghanistan and criticizes U.S. actions there, the official said. Seddique Mir Mateen lavished praise on current Afghan President Ashraf Ghani when he appeared on the show in January 2014, but he has since denounced the Ghani government, according to the official, who said that on Saturday, Seddique Mateen appeared on the show dressed in military fatigues and used his program to criticize the current Afghan government.He also announced on that show that he would run in the next Afghan presidential election, said the official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because he did not want to be linked to coverage of the shooting.In 2013, Omar Mateen made inflammatory comments to co-workers, and he was interviewed twice, FBI agent Ronald Hopper said. He called those interviews inconclusive. In 2014, Hopper said, officials found that Mateen had ties to an American suicide bomber. He described the contact as minimal, saying it did not constitute a threat at the time.Mateen purchased at least two firearms legally within the last week or so, according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Mateen had no criminal record.Gold's Gym said Mateen worked there more than five years ago and would have been able to work out there as an employee. But manager Alexis Carroll of the Fort Pierce gym declined to provide further details.Yusufiy said Mateen wanted to be a police officer and had applied to the police academy. Mateen was a security guard at the G4S company, which identifies itself on its website as "the leading global integrated security company."Daniel Gilroy told multiple news outlets that he worked with Mateen at G4S. Gilroy called him an angry, loud, profane man who used slurs for gay people, blacks, Jews and women. "He never used other words to describe them," Gilroy told the Tampa Bay Times. Mateen also regularly made threats of violence, according to Gilroy."He talked about killing people all the time," Gilroy told The New York Times. And Gilroy wasn't surprised when he learned of the massacre: "I saw it coming."Gilroy said Mateen started badgering him and sending dozens of text messages to him daily. Gilroy said he reported Mateen's behaviour to his bosses."I kind of feel a little guilty that I didn't fight harder," Gilroy said. "If I didn't walk away and I fought, then maybe 50 people would still be alive today."But Rahman said Mateen was not, as far as the imam could see, someone who would ever commit such a gruesome act of mass violence. Rahman said he knew Mateen and his family since the shooter was a young boy. Playful as a child, he became more serious as an adult, Rahman said. He spoke both English and Farsi, and was into body building"It was totally unexpected," Rahman said.___Weiss reported from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Last of the 49 bodies removed from Orlando nightclub-[The Canadian Press]-Jason Dearen, The Associated Press-June 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
ORLANDO, Fla. - The last of the bodies were removed from an Orlando gay nightclub overnight as investigators dug into the background of the gunman, who called 911 to profess allegiance to the Islamic State during the attack that left 49 victims dead.At the White House, President Barack Obama said Monday there is no clear evidence so far that gunman Omar Mateen was directed by the extremist group. He said Mateen was inspired by radical information over the internet, calling it another apparent example of "homegrown extremism."Wielding an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a handgun, Mateen opened fire at the crowded Pulse Orlando club early Sunday in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. He was killed in a gun battle with a SWAT team after police used explosives and a small armoured vehicle to punch a hole in a wall and allow dozens of club-goers to escape, police said.The tragedy shocked the nation and cast a pall over Orlando, known the world over as the home of Walt Disney World and other theme parks."We will not be defined by the act of a cowardly hater," Mayor Buddy Dyer vowed.Mateen was a 29-year-old American-born Muslim who worked as a security guard in Florida. FBI officials said they had investigated him in 2013 and 2014 on suspicion of terrorist sympathies but could not make a case against him.Counterterrorism experts have been warning in the past few years about the danger of so-called lone wolf attackers who act in sympathy with extremist groups like the Islamic State but are not directed by them.Despite the 911 call from the club, Mateen's Afghan immigrant father suggested another motive: anti-gay hatred. The father said his son got angry a few months ago when he saw two men kissing in Miami.Also, Mateen's ex-wife attributed the violence to mental illness, saying he was bipolar and abusive toward her.Obama said investigators are still looking into the killer's motivations and considering all possibilities, noting that Muslim extremist groups like the Islamic State have been known to target gays.The Islamic State's radio called Mateen "one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America." Al-Bayan Radio, a media outlet for the extremist group, hailed the attack, saying that it targeted a gathering of Christians and gays and that it was the worst attack on U.S. soil since 9-11.The statement gave no indication of whether the group planned or knew of the attack beforehand.Mateen's father, Seddique Mir Mateen, told reporters Monday that the massacre was "the act of a terrorist," and added: "I apologize for what my son did. I am as sad and mad as you guys are."He wouldn't go into details about any religious or political views his son held, saying he didn't know. Asked whether he missed his son, he said: "I don't miss anything about him. What he did was against humanity."Thirty-nine of the dead were killed at the club, and the others died at hospitals, the mayor said. By Monday morning, families of 24 of the victims had been notified, Dyer said.Workers removed the bodies four at a time on stretchers and loaded them into white vans. The action was repeated over and over. The covered bodies were taken to the county medical examiner's office. All were there by 11 p.m., Dyer said.At least 53 people were hospitalized, including five in grave condition, meaning the death toll could rise.On Monday morning, officials emphasized that there was no immediate threat to the public.The shooting started about 2 a.m., with more than 300 people inside the Pulse, where it was Latin night."He had an automatic rifle, so nobody stood a chance," said Jackie Smith, who saw two friends next to her get shot. "I just tried to get out of there."Jon Alamo had been dancing for hours when he wandered into the club's main room just in time to see the gunman. "You ever seen how Marine guys hold big weapons, shooting from left to right? That's how he was shooting at people," he said."My first thought was, 'Oh, my God, I'm going to die,'" Alamo said. "I was praying to God that I would live to see another day."Pulse patron Eddie Justice texted his mother, Mina: "Mommy I love you. In club they shooting." About 30 minutes later, hiding in a bathroom, he texted her: "He's coming. I'm gonna die."Justice's name would eventually be added to the list of the dead.On the same day as the Orlando attack, an Indiana man armed with three assault rifles and chemicals used to make explosives was arrested in Southern California and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay pride parade, authorities said.The previous deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech, where a student killed 32 people and took his own life.Mateen was not unknown to law enforcement: In 2013, he made inflammatory comments to co-workers and was interviewed twice, according to FBI agent Ronald Hopper, who called the interviews inconclusive. In 2014, Hopper said, officials found that Mateen had ties to an American suicide bomber, but the agent described the contact as minimal, saying it did not constitute a threat at the time.Mateen bought at least two guns legally within the last week or so, according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.Mateen exchanged gunfire with 14 police officers at the club and took hostages at one point. In addition to the assault rifle and handgun, he had a weapon in his vehicle, police said.Police Chief John Mina said officers held back for some time because Mateen indicated he had a bomb vest. About 5 a.m., authorities sent in a SWAT team to rescue the remaining club-goers, Mina said.___Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington, Terrance Harris, Mike Schneider and Tamara Lush in Orlando and photographer Alan Diaz in Fort Pierce, Florida, contributed to this report.
Lockdowns at University of Toronto, as police search for 'suspicious person' in black clothing, mask-[CBC]-June 13, 2016-YAHOONEWS
Members of Toronto police's emergency task force are searching buildings at the University of Toronto for a person dressed in black, wearing a mask and carrying a black backpack after receiving multiple reports of a "suspicious person" on campus Monday morning. Chief Mark Saunders told reporters at the scene that the mask the person was wearing appeared to be a surgical mask and when asked about the backpack he said that "they haven't found anything right now." A second man was taken into custody during the search, but Saunders said that investigation is unrelated to the report at the university."There are security cameras that are around," said Saunders. "We're working in conjunction with the U of T police and we're trying to put the pieces together.""It's very early right now, so it's going to take a little more time to get everything so we can have as best a picture as possible to determine what this is all about," said Saunders.Police say that security at the university made the first report after seeing someone wearing a mask in a building under construction at 6 Hoskin Ave. Police also received another report of a person with a gun in the area, and are trying to determine whether that was a police officer or a suspicious person."We have not seen a picture of any firearms at this point in time," said Saunders. "There have been a few people who have said they've seen a suspicious person that fits the likeness of the photo that was shown to me."A witness took the picture that officers are using as a reference, it did not come from security footage, although they are hoping that surveillance video "can enhance it further.""That picture did not indicate or show a firearm," said Saunders, adding that "someone else" made the comment about seeing a gun, which is why the emergency task force was called in.Police are still trying to make contact with the person who made the initial report of seeing a gun to get a "cleaner picture" of what they saw. University Avenue and Queen's Park Crescent are closed from Bloor Street to Hoskin Avenue for the search and the following University of Toronto buildings are closed as well:- Falconer Hall: 84 Queen's Park-- Faculty of Law: 78 Queen's Park-- Trinity College: 6 Hoskin Avenue-- Faculty of Music: Edward Johnson Building, 80 Queen's Park-- Munk School of Global Affairs: 1 Devonshire Place-- Gerald Larkin Building: 15 Devonshire Place-- Varsity Centre: 299 Bloor Street West-- All Victoria University buildings- The university asks that no one enter those buildings, and if you are in any of those buildings to remain in place "until an all-clear is called."Women's College Hospital and SickKids Hospital are now in lockdown as well. The TTC says trains on the Yonge-University line are bypassing Museum station due to the police investigation.
