The Pulse Nightclub Shooting

The Pulse Nightclub Shooting

Pulse Nightclub Shooting

An evaluation of the motivations of the attacker(s), including the extent to which the attack was motivated by:

Ideological beliefs

Political beliefs

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On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen attended a party at the Pulse same-sex nightclub where he shot revelers randomly at 0200 hours local United States’ time. According to BBC News (2015), the attacker had a shotgun and an AR-15 rifle, which he used to execute the murder of 49 people in the club. On a fateful day, Pulse had organized…

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