Pulse nightclub shooting
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pulse-nightclub-shooting-204-17672749
title:
Pulse nightclub shooting
text:
On June 12, 2016, 29-year-old Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more in a mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States before Orlando Police officers fatally shot him after a three-hour standoff. In a 9-1-1 call made shortly after the shooting began, Mateen swore allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said the U.S. killing of Abu Waheeb in Iraq the previous month "triggered" the shooting. He later told a negotiato
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2016 mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_nightclub_shooting
date created:
2016-06-12T08:52:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T07:00:48Z
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