He said that might be related to the attack.
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Early Sunday, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
Officials in Afghanistan sought to distance themselves from the family, saying they did not know when exactly Seddique had left the conflict-torn country. “This happens every single day, in every part of America: two guys holding hands, or kissing, or whatnot”, he said.
In a freaky clip showing Seddique Mateen in military fatigues and posted hours before his son is thought to have mounted his attack in Orlando, Seddique Mateen described Ghani as a “traitor” and urged his and other officials’ arrests.
The “Durand Line issue” is a historically significant one, particularly for members of the Pashtun ethnic group, whose homeland straddles the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Tricia Adorno said her children would sometimes play ball with Mateen’s young son. “I declare myself as presidential candidate and founder of the National Salvation Movement of Afghanistan”, he said. In one Mateen video, he accuses President Obama of supporting ISI and urges USA funding to Pakistan be cut off.
Omar Mateen’s father, Seddique, has defended his son, but says he is saddened by the attack.
A U.S. congressman said Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old Florida resident and USA citizen, may have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group.
It’s likely that Mr Mateen’s calls will fall on deaf ears. Hopper said the FBI investigated the matter and interviewed Mateen twice, but were unable to verify the substance and the investigation was closed.
In a video posted to Facebook shortly after midnight, Seddique Mateen, who lives in Florida, called the shooting “tragic” but said his son, Omar Mateen, was “a good son and an educated son”.
“I kind of feel a little guilty that I didn’t fight harder”, Gilroy said.
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.
Yusufiy said Mateen wanted to be a police officer and had applied to the police academy.
Gilroy told multiple news outlets that Mateen routinely used slurs for gay people, blacks, Jews and women. A law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunman made a 911 call from the nightclub professing allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “I didn’t see any sign of worrying or being upset or nervous”.
The Taliban Islamic extremist movement is comprised nearly entirely of Pashtuns, and Mateen’s show takes a decidedly Pashtun nationalistic, pro-Taliban slant; full of anti-U.S. rhetoric and inflammatory language aimed at non-Pashtuns and at Pakistan, the source told Logan.
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“Recently, the elder Mateen has taken to posting videos on his Facebook page where, dressed in a military uniform in front of the Afghan flag, he sharply criticises the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani“, the report said.
