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ISIL has claimed responsibility for the attack in Orlando

ИГИЛ взяли на себя ответственность за теракт в ОрландоThe militants have claimed responsibility for the mass murder at gay club Orlando.

Grouping “Islamic state” claimed responsibility for the killing of 50 people in a gay club in Orlando, Florida.

“Attack on gay club in Orlando, Florida, in which 50 were killed and over 50 injured, was organized by the militants of the IG,” – said the Amaq.

In addition, sources NBC News reported that minutes before the attack, Omar mateen, who is suspected in the attack, called 911 and swore allegiance to the leader of the Islamists. The sides of the channel said that Martin most likely was a supporter of the ideology of ISIS. In conversation he referred to the Tsarnaev brothers who staged the attack during the Boston marathon in 2013.

The head of the Orlando police John Mina said that the attack was “a well-prepared and organized. The attacker was shtormove weapons, a pistol and other weapons, said a police official, without specifying details.

29-year-old Omar Matin was born in USA but his parents are immigrants from Afghanistan. The FBI said investigators are checking his connections with radical Islamists.

The shooter broke into the gay club Pulse in Orlando on Sunday night. As a result of his actions killed 50 people, another 53 were injured. The attacker himself was shot and killed during a shootout with police. Law enforcement authorities qualified the incident as a “domestic terrorist attack”.

My condolences to U.S. President Barack Obama and the American people have expressed a number of world leaders. Obama himself called the incident “an act of hatred and terrorism.” He also said that “the attack was against all Americans.”

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