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Orlando shooting: Barack Obama meets victims and pleads for unity

  • America is in mourning after the worst mass shooting in its history
  • Omar Mateen's attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando left 49 people dead
  • So-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack
  • President Obama says there is no clear evidence the gunman was directed by IS
  • Witnesses have claimed that Mateen was a regular visitor to the club he attacked
  • His wife said she tried to talk him out of conducting any kind of attack
  • His father has blamed security at the club for the attack
  • One gun shop refused to sell him ammunition as he was acting suspiciously

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Shooter's father says religion was not behind killings

The father of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen has said the killings had nothing to do with religion, claiming his son was not radicalised.

He was investigated twice by the FBI. Both times he was questioned by authorities, but deemed not to be a threat.

ITV News International Affairs Editor Rageh Omaar reports:

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