'Gay lover': HIV fear drove Orlando shooter

23 June 2016 - 09:42
By ©The Daily Telegraph

A man who says he was Omar Mateen's lover has claimed the mass murderer acted out of revenge after finding out one of his partners was HIV positive. Mateen, 29, shot dead 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Florida, on June 12 in America's worst mass shooting. In an interview with Spanish-language television network Univision, the man, who was identified only by the name Miguel, claimed he and Mateen were ''friends with benefits''.

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