Florida gunman seen as self-radicalised, not directed from outside


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  • Saturday, 18 Jun 2016

A woman visits a memorial for those who were killed at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S. June 17, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young

ORLANDO, Fla./FORT PIERCE, Fla. (Reuters) - FBI agents on Friday questioned a member of the Florida mosque attended by Omar Mateen, the man who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub, as new information surfaced revealing the killer had exhibited chronic behavioural problems during his youth.

Academic records obtained by Reuters showing Mateen was frequently suspended as a student - at least twice for fighting before he was transferred to a special high school for potential dropouts - added to a disturbing portrait of the long-troubled gunman who committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

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