16 June 2016

AUSTRALIA TURKISH NEWSPAPER

RASİHA ÖZDEMİR

Psikolojik Danışman / rasiha _ ozdemir @ hotmail . com

US : 50 dead , 53 injured in Orlando club shooting

At least 50 people are dead and 53 injured following what U . S . President Barack Obama has described as the worst mass shooting in U . S . history which took place in Orlando , Florida , officials confirmed Sunday . The shooter , who attacked a gay nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning , has been identified by Congressman Alan Grayson as Omar Mateen , a 29-year-old U . S . citizen from St . Lucie , Florida . An FBI agent told reporters the suspect has not been positively identified by his next of kin , but added that there were no other suspects being investigated . It has emerged that Mateen called 911 minutes before launching the onslaught in Pulse Club and declared his allegiance to the Daesh terrorist group , FBI officials confirmed . President Obama said the motive for the shooting was not clear but the FBI was investigating it as an “ act of terrorism ”. A state of emergency has been declared in the state of Florida , Mayor Buddy Dyer told reporters . This is “ a tragedy of unimagined proportions ”, he told local WESH 2 television , adding , “ We are a strong , resilient community . We are going to support those families ” who are mourning loved ones killed in the shooting . The family of the alleged shooter issued an apology Sunday . “ We are saying we are apologizing for this whole incident . We weren ’ t aware of any action he is taking . We are in shock like the whole country . This had nothing to do with religion ,” according to Mir Seddique , the alleged shooter ’ s father . He also suggested that his son ’ s motive for killing dozens of people at a gay bar might be homophobia , citing an incident a couple of months ago when Mateen was angry at seeing two men kissing each other on the street in Miami . Grayson said the attack was “ ideologically motivated ”, echoing earlier police reports that Mateen had “ radical Islamic leanings ”. The attack at a gay nightclub may have been an “ awful hate crime ” against the LGBT community , according to the congressman . FBI agent Ron Hopper said the nationality of family members was “ indicative ” of Islamic extremism involved in the incident . He said the agency had been aware of Mateen , who was born in New York , since 2013 and had two interviews with him in 2013 and 2014 that “ proved to be inconclusive ”. Mateen was not currently under surveillance , Hopper said . An officer with the ATF , the federal law enforcement agency on firearms , said Mateen legally purchased two weapons , a hand gun and a long gun , within the

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last few days . Meanwhile , Santa Monica police have confirmed that a heavily armed man was arrested in South California while on his way to a gay pride parade in the West Hollywood area of Los Angeles . In Orlando , a hospital official at a briefing early Sunday said “ many ” of the injured were in critical condition . Anxiety and desperation were reported at hospitals in the area as families arrived to find information about their loved ones . Local TV stations are making appeals for blood donations . WESH 2 footage taken near a location where donations are accepted showed hundreds of citizens turning up to donate blood , forming a long line that circled the building . Muhammad Nusri , a senior imam with the Islamic Society of Central Florida , said he was “ heartbroken ” and stood in solidarity with city officials “ in this hour of horror that was brought upon our city ”. Nusri said the perpetrator was “ not known to be connected with any network ” and urged the media to exercise “ caution from rushing to judgment and sensationalizing the story ”. The attack at Pulse Club took place at around 2 a . m . local time ( 0600GMT ), Orlando police chief John Mina said . Mina said the police decided to “ rescue hostages that were in there ” at 5

Indonesian security forces escort vessel carrying ethnic Tamil , including women and children , into int ’ l waters

An Indian - flagged vessel carrying around 35 Sri Lankans that was stranded in waters off Indonesia ’ s Sumatra island has set sail for Australia . An official from the Lhoknga sub-district of Aceh province said Monday that Indonesian security forces escorted the vessel with ethnic Tamil on board into international waters Sunday night , according to Indonesian news outlet kompas . com . The boat , reportedly carrying 17 women and five children , was stranded in Indonesian waters Saturday after suffering engine damage amid strong winds that forced them to anchor around 300 meters from Lhoknga beach in Aceh Besar regency . Aceh ’ s immigration office helped repair the vessel on condition that it sailed out of the country ’ s waters , which it was scheduled to leave Sunday morning -- plans that were delayed due to a . m . ( 0900GMT ), suggesting Mateen had free reign inside the club for nearly three hours . He said nine officers entered the club and engaged the attacker , who carried an AR-15 type assault rifle , a handgun , and a “ suspicious device ” police officers have yet to identify but have cleared from the area . The shooter was killed and one officer was injured in the shootout , during which 30 people were rescued . WESH 2 reported that officers used a distraction explosion as a police vehicle drove through the club ’ s wall to engage the shooter . Another device , potentially an explosive , was found in the shooter ’ s van , police said . Orlando Police Department later tweeted a picture of the Kevlar helmet the injured officer was wearing , with a visible bullet hole right in front . The White House issued a statement saying President Obama was receiving regular updates about the situation . “ Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and loved ones of the victims ,” it said . Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tweeted briefly about the shooting . “ Woke up to hear the devastating news from FL . As we wait for more information , my thoughts are with those affected by this horrific act ,” she

bad weather conditions , strong winds and large waves . “ Once the weather subsided , the migrant ship departed to the open sea and was escorted by police and military ,” kompas . com quoted Ramli , who like many Indonesians uses one name , as saying . On Sunday , the chief of the supervision and enforcement department of the local immigration office , Usman , said that Indonesian authorities did not know why the vessel was headed to Australia . Last month , Australia repatriated around a dozen Sri Lankans whose vessel had evaded border patrols and arrived on Australia ’ s Cocos Islands , after determining they were not refugees . Under Australia ’ s immigration policy , it refuses to accept asylum seekers who arrive by boat , instead detaining them at offshore detention centers , where conditions have been described as appalling by rights advocates . said . Republican candidate Donald Trump also weighed in on the social media platform . “ Really bad shooting in Orlando . Police investigating possible terrorism . Many people dead and wounded .” Mayor Dyer said the club has been cleared and there was no continued threat to the community , while confirming as many as 300 people were inside at the time of the attack . The shooting was first reported online at 2.09 a . m . by the club on their Facebook page : “ Everyone get out of Pulse and keep running ,” read a post . Three hours later , Orlando police , on its official Twitter account , described it as a “ mass casualty situation ”. A video captured outside the club and shared online carried the sounds of more than a dozen shots fired in rapid succession . Dyer described the incident as a “ horrific crime ” that will have a “ lasting effect ” on the local community , while an Orange County sheriff said the shooting was treated as a “ domestic terror incident ”. Pulse calls itself “ more than just another nightclub ” aimed at raising awareness about the LGBT community . The area around the shooting remains under police lockdown as a large-scale investigation continues .

However , an apparent change in the status of Sri Lankans arriving inAustralia allowed authorities to quickly return those on board the vessel intercepted in early May . Speaking to a Sri Lankan English-language weekly in April , Maj . Gen . Andrew Bottrell , the commander of 2013 Australian border protection initiative “ Operation Sovereign Borders ”, noted that there had been a “ situational improvement ” in Sri Lanka since the end of the country ’ s 25-year war in 2009 . He underlined that the profile of unauthorized Sri Lankan arrivals had subsequently changed from asylum seekers to economic migrants . According to Australian statistics , prior to 2013 Sri Lankans accounted for nearly one fifth of undocumented people attempting to reach Australia -- of 53,000 undocumented arrivals , over 10,000 were Sri Lankans .