‘Peace be upon the prophet… I did the shootings’: FBI releases partial transcripts of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s 911 calls – but scrubs out references to Islam and 9/11
The FBI has released partial transcripts of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen’s call to 911 shortly after he opened fire inside Pulse nightclub
In the 50-second call he claimed responsibility for his attack that left 49 people dead and 53 injured
The FBI has redacted references to Islam, 9/11 and any other groups that Mateen pledged an allegiance to during the attack
Mateen also told the crisis negotiator he had a car outside that contained a bomb, and threatened to detonate it during their calls
He said during his three calls with the negotiator that he was ‘out here right now’ because the United States will not stop bombing Iraq and Syria
By CHRIS SPARGO
DAILYMAIL.COM
20 June 2016
Omar Mateen praised God, wished peace upon the prophet and spoke in Arabic during a 50-second call he made to a police dispatcher on June 12 from an Orlando gay club.
The FBI has released partial transcripts of Mateen’s conversations with members of law enforcement during the brutal attack, starting with the 911 call he made at 2:35am, a little over 30 minutes after the first report of shots being fired at the Pulse nightclub.
Much of what Mateen said however has been redacted, with the FBI making the decision to leave out all references to Islam, 9/11 and any of the groups that the shooter pledged his allegiance to in the attack, which left 49 dead.
Mateen claimed responsibility for those deaths early on in his call with the dispatcher, saying: ‘I let you know, I’m in Orlando and I did the shootings.’
A little over ten minutes later, Mateen received his first of many crisis negotiation calls. In those he told the negotiator that America had to stop bombing Syria and Iraq while referring to himself as an Islamic solider.
Mateen said that the United States attacks on those two countries was why he was ‘out here right now.’
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