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US attorney general to meet nightclub shooting victims

ORLANDO, Fla., Jun 21 (Reuters) US Attorney General Loretta Lynch was due to meet today with victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre, a day after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the gunman had described himself as an "Islamic soldier" during the rampage.
Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 others when he opened fire inside Pulse, a gay dance club, early on June 12 in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. He was later killed by police after a three-hour standoff.
The 29-year-old US citizen of Afghan descent pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State militant group in a 911 call from the nightclub, but authorities said he appears to have been "self-radicalized" and to have acted alone.
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