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She knew: Orlando shooter’s wife may be charged
WASHINGTON: The FBI is said to be considering filing charges against Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s wife Noor Zahi Salman, who reportedly suspected he was planning
WASHINGTON: The FBI is said to be considering filing charges against Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s wife Noor Zahi Salman, who reportedly suspected he was planning an attack at the Pulse gay nightclub.
Salman has told FBI investigators she tried to stop Mateen but he left, saying he was only meeting friends, according to NBC News. few hours later, Mateen opened fire at the Orlando nightclub.
But Salman, 30, who married Mateen in 2011, failed to warn authorities. She is now cooperating with investigators who fear she may stop if criminally charged or placed under arrest.
Sal man has told investigators, according to multiple reports, she had accompanied Ma teen on one of his trips to scope out Pulse, and he bought ammunition and a holster in front of her. Salman, raised in a Palestinian-descent family in California, and Mateen met on a dating site, as he did his first wife Sitora Yusufiy. They married in September 2011 after Mateen’s divorce. Salman has not spoken publicly about their relationship.
