WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Adam Schiff, a member of US House of Representatives, said Sunday that a perpetrator of the deadly attacks in the US city of Orlando had pledged allegiance to Daesh, local media reported.
Earlier in the day, mass shooting occurred at a nightclub in Orlando.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer confirmed that at least 50 people were killed and 53 more were injured in the shooting. US media reported that the attack was conducted by Omar Saddiqui Mateen, US national of reportedly Afghan origin.
Schiff said, as cited by The Daily Beast, that Mateen "made a pledge of allegiance" to the IS, which is outlawed in a number of countries, including the United States and Russia.
