Worst attack in US since 9/11: Orlando shooting leaves 50 dead, 53 injured

Worst attack in US since 9/11: Orlando shooting leaves 50 dead, 53 injured

FP Staff June 13, 2016, 11:01:17 IST

A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history.

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Police forensics investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando. Reuters

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Florida Gov Rick Scott arrives on the scene near the nightclub where a mass shooting occured in Orlando. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. It was the worst mass shooting in American history. AP

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Terry DeCarlo, executive director of the LGBT Center of Central Florida, center, is comforted by Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, right, after a shooting involving multiple fatalities at a nightclub in Orlando. AP

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A message towed by an airplane urges people to donate blood, after a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Reuters

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Police forensic investigators work at the crime scene of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando. Reuters

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FBI, Orlando Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office personnel investigate the attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando . AP

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Investigators from the office of the medical examiner investigate on the west side of Pulse nightclub where a gunman opened fire in Orlando. AP

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