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Monday, June 13, 2016
Orlando killer’s father: ‘Up to God to punish homosexuals’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe father of the gunman behind the Florida massacre says it is “up to God to punish homosexuals.”
In a video posted on Facebook early Monday, Seddique Mateen says he is grieved by the rampage that left 49 people dead in a gay nightclub in Orlando, calling the 29-year-old killer Omar Mateen a “good and educated son.”
“I am deeply saddened and have announced this to the people of America,” Seddique says in the three-minute video in the Dari language, voicing disbelief that his son carried out the killings during the holy month of Ramadan.
“It is up to God to punish homosexuals. It is not up to servants,” the US resident adds, sitting before a flag of his home country Afghanistan.
— AFP
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