• 50 dead and 53 injured after Isil gunman opened fire on gays and lesbians in Orlando nightclub • Shooter Omar Mateen, 27, said to have "pledged allegiance to Isil" in 9/11 call before massacre • Police use armoured vehicle to storm Pulse nightclub and release 30 hostages • Obama condemns attack as an "act of terror and hate" • World Trade Center to be lit up in LGBT colours in mourning for homophobic attack • Everything we know so far about the 50 people killed by Omar Mateen • Orlando gunman used AR-15 assault rifle to kill his victims - the weapon of choice for mass shooters

Source: Orlando shooting: Isil wages war on gays in the West after Omar Mateen kills 50 in nightclub attack - America’s worst ever mass shooting