ISIS Calls Orlando Shooter Omar Mateen ‘Soldier of the Caliphate’

The ISIS on Monday claimed responsibility for the Orlando nightclub shooting that left 50 people dead.

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen (L) and ISIS fighters (R). Photo used for representational purpose. (Photo: The Quint)

• The ISIS on Monday claimed responsibility for the Orlando nightclub shooting saying in a radio bulletin that it was carried out by “one of the soldiers of the caliphate.”
  
  
• “God allowed Omar Mateen, one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America, to carry out an attack entering a crusader gathering in a night club,” a bulletin from Al-Bayan radio said.
  
  
• Omar Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on 12 June leaving 50 people dead and 53 injured.

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(With agency inputs)