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At least 50 Dead in Mass Shooting at Famous Orlando Nightclub in Florida
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At least 50 Dead in Mass Shooting at Famous Orlando Nightclub in Florida

Jun 13, 2016
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On Sunday morning, at least 50 people have been dead and many injured in a heavy shooting at a famous gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The eyewitnesses informed that a 29 years old man entered inside the nightclub in Orlando, Florida and suddenly opened fire killing at least 50 people on the spot and more than 4 dozens injured. The victim recognized as Omar Mateen and he was the only person involved in this mass shooting incident. It was confirmed that 29 years old man Omar Mateen entered alone in the nightclub at around 2:00 am. He had guns and explosive materials at the time of entry inside the club. The previous massive shooting attack was took place in 2007 in Virginia and an incident in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which at least 26 people mostly children were killed.

This attack has been considered the massive shooting attack in the U.S history. Omar Mateen was killed by police after a heavy shooting inside the Orlando nightclub in Florida. An advocacy group LGBTQ issued a statement regarding this massive attack and said that they are heartbroken and angry on this massive killing. The authorities have started their investigation in order to find the motives and factors behind this activity. The local and national community center offered their grief counseling and support. Many local and national organizations were managing blood for injured, although the blood banks were at their full capacity. The donors were informed to return in later days. An LGBTQ group Equality Florida has launched a webpage “GoFundMe” in order to collect donations for the victims and families of this incident.