ISIS-associated Twitter accounts cheered the efforts of the gunman who killed at least 50 people at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando early Sunday morning.
We swear to Allah that we will kill you everywhere O disbeliever..#Pulse
— أبو حفص ألبغدادي (@TheThehunter55) June 12, 2016
Take your troops out if our countries and stop support your followers or else you will see more and more blood..#Pulse
— أبو حفص ألبغدادي (@TheThehunter55) June 12, 2016
Many of the tweets — carrying the #Pulse hashtag — threatened more violence on American soil if the United States doesn’t remove troops from Iraq and Syria.
Stop killing Muslims in Iraq and Syria if you want to live in peace..#Pulse
— أبو حفص ألبغدادي (@TheThehunter55) June 12, 2016
توني سويت الحساب وهاي العاهرة تبلغ عليه..ههههه pic.twitter.com/BvviodPVZi
— أبو حفص ألبغدادي (@TheThehunter55) June 12, 2016
We will slay everyone of you O disbielever..#Pulse
— أبو حفص ألبغدادي (@TheThehunter55) June 12, 2016
We are waiting for you in Dabiq. You will be killed to last one of you..#Pulse
— أبو حفص ألبغدادي (@TheThehunter55) June 12, 2016
The Gateway Pundit notes another ISIS-sympathizer account posted photos of a man — Dr. Faisal Shaman Anzi — and praised him for “suicide” and eleminating “30 troops.” The Tweets also carried the #Pulse hashtag.
الدكتور فيصل شامان العنزي
نفذ عملية إستشهادية في #العراق #كركوك وقتل أكثر من 30 جندي صفوي#النخوه_العراقيه#Pulse pic.twitter.com/sb2ovE7fmN— الخنســاء النجفيـــة (@alnajafea59) June 12, 2016
الدكتور فيصل شامان العنزي
نفذ عملية إستشهادية في #العراق #كركوك وقتل أكثر من 30 جندي صفوي#النخوه_العراقيه#Pulse pic.twitter.com/sb2ovE7fmN— الخنســاء النجفيـــة (@alnajafea59) June 12, 2016
CBS has identified the shooter as 30-year-old Omar Mateen of Port Saint Lucie, Fla.
Two law enforcement sources tell @cbsnews the Orlando gay club shooter is Omar Mateen – a U.S. citizen from Port Saint Lucie, FL.
Born 1986— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) June 12, 2016