Islamic State Claims Credit For The Orlando Massacre

Daily Mail: ISIS claims responsibility for America's most deadly mass shooting: Terror group celebrates their New York-born 'fighter' Omar Mateen, 29, who died in Orlando gay club after killing 50

* WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
* US citizen Omar Mateen, 29, opened fire inside Pulse gay club in Orlando in the early hours of Sunday morning
* Mateen, from Port St. Lucie in Florida, killed at least 50 people, injured 53 and took about 100 party-goers hostage
* Police used an explosive device to distract the gunman and rescued around 30 people who had been taken hostage
* Officers engaged in gunfire with the man and an officer was shot in the head, but he was saved by his helmet
* Mateen was eventually shot dead by officers shortly after 5am - three hours after the massacre began
* Shooter had an associates degree in criminal justice and worked as a security guard with a company called G4S
* Mateen was a 'known quantity' to the FBI and was investigated twice before the mass shooting

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the the deadliest mass shooting in US history and says the gunman who slaughtered at least 50 innocent party-goers in an Orlando gay club was one of its fighters.

Shooter Omar Mateen, 29, from Port St. Lucie in Florida, opened fire at Pulse night club in the early hours of Sunday, killing at least 50 people and injuring 53 others.

This is the first time ISIS has claimed responsibility for an attack on US soil.

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