ISIS Takes Credit For Orlando Gay Nightclub Massacre
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- On Top Magazine Staff
- | June 13, 2016
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Sunday claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub.
“The attack that targeted a nightclub for homosexuals in Orlando, Florida and that left more than 100 dead and wounded was carried out by an Islamic State fighter,” ISIS said in a statement.
Fifty people died and 53 others were injured in what is being described as the worst mass shooting on American soil.
(Related: 50 killed in Orlando gay nightclub; worst mass shooting in U.S. History.)
A lone gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, died in a shootout with police.
Several outlets reported that Mateen pledged allegiance to ISIS in a 911 phone call.
The FBI has not confirmed a connection to ISIS.