According to Al Jazeera, Omar Mateen had also shown support for the Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev as well as a suicide bomber for the al Qaeda Syrian affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra.
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After launching the assault, Mateen stopped to search for “Pulse Orlando” and “shooting”. While Salman has been widely referred to as Mateen’s wife, the only proof of their marriage is her listing as his wife on a 2013 mortgage document and family members who said the two were married and had a 3-year-old son. “My friend wasn’t supposed to die in the bathroom on the floor”, Naulings said.
But in subsequent statements, Salman conceded she had a suspicion he might be planning an attack, perhaps on Pulse, the officials said.
Omar Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman, knew of his plans for what became the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history, said the law enforcement source, who has been briefed on the matter. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Authorities found out that Mateen “visited gay chat rooms”, but do not know if he did it because he was gay or for surveillance.
The committee asked Facebook to produce information on Mateen’s online activity and to provide a briefing to the panel.
Mateen said he couldn’t forgive his son and expressed sadness for the victims. The letter did not specify what took place when.
Following the attack, details surrounding the gunman’s background began to emerge.
The Orlando gunman’s wife has told federal agents she tried to talk her husband out of carrying out the attack, NBC News reported. He was gunned down and killed Sunday morning by a SWAT team who responded to the attack.
Mateen’s messages include declaring his allegiance to ISIS and calls for the USA and Russian Federation to stop bombing the terror group, according to the letter.
“As we have seen in Orlando, San Bernardino and elsewhere, ISIL is attempting to inspire attacks by sympathizers who have no direct links to the group”, Brennan told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
“Last month, for example, a senior ISIL figure publicly urged the group’s followers to conduct attacks in their home countries if they were unable to travel to Syria and Iraq”, he said.
Investigators trying to find out what motivated nightclub killer Omar Mateen are casting a wide net.
“I think the president was right on the mark when he described this as an act of terror and an act of hate”, Schiff said, referring to President Barack Obama’s speech on the Orlando massacre on Sunday.
Grindr officials said they “will continue to cooperate with the authorities and do not comment on ongoing investigations”.
KPRC’s 2 Syan Rhodes has an exclusive one-on-one interview with the father of Omar Mateen after the 29-year-old fatally shot 49 people and injured 53 others at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida. News 13 reports the number they received a call on matches Mateen’s cellphone number.
Mateen’s wife has gone into seclusion.
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She could face criminal charges as early as Wednesday after a federal grand jury was convened to study possible wrongdoing by her, a law enforcement source told Reuters.
