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Orlando Gunman Omar Mateen Buried at Muslim Cemetery in Florida
NBC News ^ | June 23, 2016 | Tracy Connor and Dan Shepherd

Posted on 06/23/2016 9:56:27 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

The body of Orlando mass murderer Omar Mateen was quietly buried at a Muslim cemetery in south Florida, where one official said everyone is entitled to a resting place. Orlando Police identified the suspect in the Pulse Nightclub shootings as Omar Mateen, 29, a U.S. citizen born in New York. via Orlando Police

Mateen's father had told reporters his son was buried in accordance with Islamic tradition but would not say where. The death certificate filed late Wednesday revealed he was interred about three hours from Orlando.

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The person listed as the director of the cemetery did not return calls for comment, and the man identified as the funeral director hung up on a reporter.

Another cemetery official said he was unaware of Mateen's burial. He called Mateen "a bad guy" but defended the decision to accept his remains, saying, "Everybody deserves a place and we don't know his side of the story so he is entitled to be buried like anyone else,"

The official said he did not expect the cemetery would face any problems because it took Mateen's body. Asked what would happen if the family of anyone else buried there objected, the official said, "Too late."

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To: COUNTrecount

Devout.


61 posted on 06/23/2016 11:53:10 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: wtd

😠


62 posted on 06/23/2016 11:56:01 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: COUNTrecount

A muslim cemetery? Are they saying they’re different from us? Are they saying it’s a “religious” difference? My, oh my! Too bad muslim cemeteries aren’t filling up faster.


63 posted on 06/23/2016 12:00:36 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: Noumenon

Piss on a muslim’s grave and be arrested for a hate crime. Yet Islam is just a religion like any other religion.


64 posted on 06/23/2016 12:02:02 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: wtd

“...his son was buried in accordance with Islamic tradition”

I thought they were supposed to in the ground within one day?


65 posted on 06/23/2016 12:03:38 PM PDT by beelzepug (For English press #1; for Spanish, learn English and press #1)
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To: COUNTrecount

Should have buried the SOB in a pig pen.


66 posted on 06/23/2016 12:29:29 PM PDT by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: COUNTrecount

I’ll leave some bacon on the grave.


67 posted on 06/23/2016 12:30:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: COUNTrecount

Did his missing wife show up for the funeral?


68 posted on 06/23/2016 1:34:28 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: dearolddad

Dig his ass up and hang him!


69 posted on 06/23/2016 2:41:04 PM PDT by refermech
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