Tag: Omar Mateen

The widow of the man who shot dead 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando nearly two years ago was acquitted on Friday in US federal court of aiding and abetting her husband.

ORLANDO: The families of three men killed at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub have sued Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc in federal...

FORT PIERCE, FLA: A Florida man who investigators say posted anti-Islamic material on social media was arrested on Wednesday on charges of setting fire to a mosque attended by the gunman who committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, police said.

MIAMI: The father of the gunman who killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida was spotted at a speech Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton gave to supporters in the swing state.

PARIS, FRANCE: Not all extremists are psychopaths, and not all psychopaths turn violent. However when a person craving violence is drawn in by Islamic State (IS) ideology offering them glory and a sense of belonging, it provides a volatile mix that can lead to the kind of massacre seen in the south of France last week, experts say.

UNITED STATES/CANADA: Omar Mateen, who killed scores of people in an Orlando gay club, had been taunted for being a Muslim when he worked as a security guard at a court.

ORLANDO, FLORIDA: A Muslim man was beaten on Saturday outside a Florida mosque attended by the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub, though authorities and a Muslim civil rights group differed as to whether the attack was racially motivated.

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said Sunday he is open to racial profiling, touching another raw nerve on the issue of race in America.

WASHINGTON: Renewing his call to reduce gun violence, President Barack Obama characterized easy access to weapons as "unconscionable" Saturday, less than a week after the worst mass shooting in US history.

MIAMI, UNITED STATES: Orlando turned to burying its dead Friday, with funerals for at least five of the 49 people killed in a massacre at a gay nightclub – the deadliest mass shooting in US history.

ORLANDO, FLA./WASHINGTON: US investigators have questioned the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, the FBI said on Wednesday, and a law enforcement source said she could face criminal charges if there is evidence of any wrongdoing.

NEW YORK: When Fatima Rahmati found out the Orlando killer was Afghan American she was shocked and scared -- fearful that her community could suffer reprisals in an increasingly toxic political climate.

GENEVA: The UN's human rights chief called on the United States to bring in "robust gun regulation" in order to prevent the kind of mass killing seen in Orlando, Florida over the weekend.

FLORIDA: A terrifying footage has emerged showing the moment killer Omar Mateen opened fire in a Pulse nightclub Monday morning killing 50 people.

FORT PIERCE, Fla.: The photo from Omar Mateen’s high school yearbook is hardly remarkable - a toothy, dimpled smile with a peach-fuzz mustache below a mop of black hair.

ORLANDO: People close to the gunman behind the attack on a gay nightclub in Florida that left 50 dead paint a picture of a violent and prejudiced young man.