Father of Orlando Shooter to NBC News: ‘This Has Nothing to Do With Religion’
- 8 years ago
According to a report on this weekend’s broadcast of NBC’s “Sunday Today,” Mir Seddique, father of suspected Orlando mass shooter Omar Mateen, told NBC News when reached by phone that the incident had “nothing to do with religion.”
“We’re saying we’re apologizing for the whole incident,” Seddique reportedly said.
“We weren’t aware of any action he was taking.
We are in shock like the whole country.
This had nothing to do with religion.”
He instead said his son had recently become very upset by the sight of two men kissing in downtown Miami, and pointed to his anger as a possible cause.
“We’re saying we’re apologizing for the whole incident,” Seddique reportedly said.
“We weren’t aware of any action he was taking.
We are in shock like the whole country.
This had nothing to do with religion.”
He instead said his son had recently become very upset by the sight of two men kissing in downtown Miami, and pointed to his anger as a possible cause.