Fifty people died and another 53 were injured early today when a heavily-armed gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police said in the worst mass shooting in US history.
Terrified survivors – who moments before were laughing and dancing with friends – described how the gunman named by media as a US citizen of Afghan descent raked the club with bullets, prompting a police SWAT team to storm the venue.
The shooter, identified as Omar Mateen, was born to Afghan parents in 1986 and lived in Port St Lucie, Florida, about two hours drive from Orlando.
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