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Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen claimed allegiance to Islamist terror groups and cited the Boston Marathon bombers as his inspiration, according to the FBI. The attacker had been probed twice for making similar comments and having suspected terror links.
Over the course of two phone calls, in which he called 911 and was then called back during Sunday’s massacre, Mateen pledged loyalty to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and a rival Islamist group called Al-Nusra Front. He also paid tribute to the Tsarnaev brothers, the “lone wolves” responsible for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, FBI director James Comey revealed during a Monday press conference in Washington, DC …. https://www.rt.com/usa