Orlando shooting

Mateen had been using multiple gay apps, including Grindr, with mutual acquaintances to 'hook up'

Just after 2:00 am as the club was closing, Mateen, a 29-year-old American of Afghan descent, opens fire

The crowd was estimated at between 5,000 and 7,000 strong, as other rallies took place from Berlin to Bangkok

Mosques in US took extra security measures to protect against backlash

Trump says would 'suspend immigration' from nations with terror history

Mateen performed the pilgrimage for 10 days in March 2011 and again for eight days in March 2012

US presidential candidate says countries should stop supporting radical schools and mosques around the world

Says in every religious community, including Buddhist ones, "there are some mischievous people"

The carnage at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is the worst incident fatality-wise in American history

US president says 29-year-old Omar Mateen appeared to have absorbed "various extremist information" found online

Republican presidential nominee urges monitoring of mosques, reiterates calls for temporary ban on Muslims entering US

Xi "expressed deep sympathy and sincere condolences to the American people" says the foreign ministry

The FBI and other law enforcement authorities were poring over evidence that could explain the motives for the rampage

French football team also tweeted in support, along with a picture of a ribbon combining the colours of the US

Fifty people died early Sunday when a heavily-armed gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando

Mina Justice woke up to text messages from her son telling her he was being held hostage in the club’s bathroom

Seddique Mateen hosted political show on Afghan-Pakistan issues

Omar Mateen's transformation to America's worst mass shooter raises questions about whether red flags were missed

'Our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen -- and it is only going to get worse' Trump said in a...

What compelled Omar Mateen to kill people dancing and mingling at Orlando's nightclub is still being investigated

The attack at a packed nightclub in Orlando, Florida, is the worst mass shooting in US history

Fifty people died when a heavily-armed gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida city

'He would pray and his son would play' says Syed Shafeeq Rahman, who has known Mateen since 2003

Omar Mateen, 29, a Florida resident and US citizen had worked for global security firm G4S since 2007

The symbolic move came as the United States mourned the 50 victims of the worst mass shooting in modern US history

The Safety Check allows Facebook users to spread the word that they are safe in wake of a natural disaster or a crisis

'I don't want congrats for being right on radical ‘Islamic’ terrorism, I want toughness & vigilance'...

Police killed the gunman, who was identified as Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born Florida resident

Relatives describe a man who had anti-gay views, mental health problems and was physically abusive to his ex-wife

Arrest comes just hours after 50 people were massacred at a gay nightclub in Florida

50 dead at nightclub; shooter identified as American-Afghan

“He was not a stable person. He beat me. He would just come home and start beating me up..."