Shooting at Orlando is investigated under the article "Terrorism"

US President Barack Obama stated on June 13 that the special services have no data that the arrow from Orlando was a participant in a major terrorist organization, reports Ar.

“The investigation is at the initial stage, and we are considering this as a terrorist attack. We have not yet found clear evidence that they were led from the outside. It seems that at the last minute he declared loyalty to IG (the group is prohibited in the Russian Federation), but there is no data that was led by them,” Obama said after a meeting with the leaders of law enforcement agencies.

According to the American president, "the shooter was inspired by extremist information distributed on the Internet." At the same time, the head of state emphasized, the motivation of the criminal is not yet clear.

Obama said that Omar Matin acquired weapons legally, and criticized the laws in force in the United States regulating its distribution. The President called for the improvement of the legislation on this issue.

Recall that the victims of the shooter in Orlando, the state of Florida, became 50 people , and another 53 people were injured. A terrorist named Omar Matin, who was born in a family of immigrants from Afghanistan, was shot dead by the police during the assault on the building of the Pulse gay club.

Responsibility for the terrorist attack in Orlando was taken by the Islamic State Terrorist group prohibited in Russia. The massacre in Orlando became the most massive execution in the history of the United States, as well as the most bloody terrorist attack since the attacks of September 11, 2001.