{"id":221895,"date":"2016-06-13T06:18:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=221895"},"modified":"2016-06-13T06:18:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T06:18:13","slug":"orlando-shootings-club-attacker-disturbed-says-ex-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/orlando-shootings-club-attacker-disturbed-says-ex-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando shootings: Club attacker ‘disturbed’ says ex-wife"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ex-wife of a man who opened fire on a gay nightclub in Orlando in the early hours of Sunday has said he was “mentally unstable” and “disturbed”.<\/p>\n

Omar Mateen killed 50 people and wounded 53 more in the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history, before being shot dead by police.<\/p>\n

The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind the attack, but the extent of its involvement is not clear.<\/p>\n

A security company that Mateen used to work for said he was vetted twice.<\/p>\n

The checks in 2007 and 2013 did not reveal anything of concern, G4S said, and Mateen had carried a gun as part of his job<\/p>\n

Sitora Yusufiy lived with Mateen for four months in 2009. She said her family “rescued” her from the relationship when they became aware that he was being physically abusive towards her.<\/p>\n

He beat her up regularly during their short-lived marriage for trivial things like not doing laundry, she said.<\/p>\n

“When he would get in his tempers, he would express hate toward everything. He was mentally unstable and mentally ill, that’s the only explanation that I could give.”<\/p>\n

However, officials revealed that the FBI had twice interviewed him in 2013-14 after he made “inflammatory remarks” to a colleague, before closing their investigation.<\/p>\n

It has emerged that he legally purchased several guns in the past few days.<\/p>\n

Hostages<\/strong><\/p>\n

The attack began at about 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Sunday at the Pulse nightclub. There was an exchange of fire with a police officer working at the club, after which the suspect took hostages.<\/p>\n

At 05:00 a police assault team went into the club after police received text messages and phone calls from some of the hostages. Mateen was killed in an exchange of fire.<\/p>\n

Ten of his victims have so far been named: Edward Sotomayor Jr, Stanley Almodovar III, Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, Juan Ramon Guerrero,<\/p>\n

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, Peter O Gonzalez-Cruz, Luis S Vielma, Kimberly Morris, Eddie Jamoldroy Justice and Darryl Roman Burt II.<\/p>\n

A statement on the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency said that an IS “fighter” was responsible.<\/p>\n

NBC News reported that Mateen had called the emergency services before the attack and sworn allegiance to IS.<\/p>\n

Mateen’s father has said religion had nothing to do with the attack.<\/p>\n

Seddique Mateen said some months ago his son saw two men kissing in downtown Miami and became very angry.<\/p>\n

He said: “We are apologising for the whole incident. We are in shock like the whole country.”<\/p>\n

US President Barack Obama has described the attack as “an act of terror and an act of hate”.<\/p>\n

Americans were united in “grief, outrage and resolve to defend our people”, he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama said the “brutal murder of dozens of innocent people” was a further reminder of how easy it was to acquire a deadly weapon in the US and shoot people.<\/p>\n

“We have to decide if that’s the kind of country we want to be,” said the president, who has campaigned for stricter gun laws. “To actively do nothing is a decision as well.”<\/p>\n

He added that it was a heartbreaking day for the LGBT community, and that an attack on any American was an attack on all.<\/p>\n

Mr Obama has ordered flags on federal buildings to be flown at half mast until sunset on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Later the White House said Mr Obama had postponed a joint appearance with the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

Mrs Clinton said in a statement: “This reminds us once more that weapons of war have no place on our streets.”<\/p>\n

And in a message to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, she said: “We will keep fighting for your right to live freely, openly and without fear. Hate has absolutely no place in America.”<\/p>\n

‘Get tough and smart’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile her Republican rival, Donald Trump, said Mr Obama should step down for refusing to use the words “radical Islam” when condemning the attack.<\/p>\n

“If we do not get tough and smart real fast, we are not going to have a country any more,” he said.<\/p>\n

Nihad Awad: “Homophobia, transphobia, Islamaphobia are interconnected systems”<\/p>\n

The head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations urged politicians not to “score points” or “exploit fear” in the aftermath of the attack.<\/p>\n

In a direct message to IS, Nihad Awad said: “You do not speak for us. You do not represent us. You are an aberration.”<\/p>\n

The death toll means that the Orlando attack surpasses the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, which left 32 people dead.<\/p>\n

States of emergency have been declared in the city of Orlando and surrounding Orange County.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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