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Gunman massacres 50 at Florida gay club in worst U.S. mass shooting

Police killed the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born Florida resident and U.S. citizen. (Photo: Courtesy)

USA: A man armed with an assault rifle and pledging loyalty to Islamic State killed 50 people during a gay pride celebration at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early on Sunday in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, a rampage President Barack Obama denounced as an act of terror and hate.

Police killed the gunman, Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born Florida resident and U.S. citizen who was the son of Afghan immigrants and was twice questioned by FBI agents in recent years, authorities said.

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