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June 22, 2016

Man Who Says He was Omar Mateen's Lover Claims Orlando Massacre was "Revenge"
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A man who claims he was the lover of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen has
told Univision he believes Mateen committed the shooting for revenge,
not terrorism. The man, who wore a disguise and called himself "Miguel,"
said Mateen bore a grudge against Puerto Rican gay men, including one
who revealed he was HIV-positive following a sexual encounter with
Mateen.

Miguel: "I believe and I really think all his anger, he hate Puerto
Rican-gay Puerto Ricans for all the bad things they do to him. And this
will sound bad, and I know a lot of people are going to get a lot of
pain for what I'm going to say, but I believe this crazy, horrible thing
he did, that was a revenge."



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