Relatives interviewed by US media said Omar Mateen, 29, who worked as a security officer, was not overly religious but had anti-gay views and assaulted his ex-wife. Click for full coverage“He saw two men kissing each other in front of his wife and kid and he got very angry,” Seddique told the network. “This had nothing to do with religion,” Mir Seddique told NBC News. According to the media report, Mateen became a person of interest in 2013 and again in 2014. Other media reports said Mateen was on the radar of US law enforcement agencies in the past.

Source: Indian Express June 13, 2016 00:11 UTC