Orlando shooter Omar Mateen who gunned down 49 people at a gay club in Orlando was a "lone actor" influenced by the ideologies of Islamic State militant group, US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday.
“Terrorist groups like ISIl have called on people around the world and here in the United States to attack innocent civilians. Their propaganda, their videos, their postings are pervasive and more easily accessible than we want,” Obama said at the Treasury Department after his meeting with his national security team.
“This (Orlando shooter) individual appears to have absorbed some of that and during his killing spree, the shooter in Orlando pledged allegiance to ISIl. These lone actors or small cells of terrorists are very hard to detect and very hard to prevent,” he said.