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Killer’s Muslim Father: ‘This Has Nothing To Do With Religion’

Robert Kraychik

“We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident,” said Mir Seddique, father of the perpetrator of Sunday’s mass murder at a gay nightclub in Orlando. “We weren’t aware of any action he is taking. We are in shock like the whole country.”

Seddique, a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan, denied that his son’s attack was motivated by or connected to Islamic terrorism.

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