Orlando - The Orlando authorities in the United States, reported on Monday the names of 15 more of at least 50 victims of the massacre this weekend in a gay nightclub in the city, which are added to the eight who were informed yesterday.
In the new list are at least 12 people of Latin origin, for a total of 17 of the 23 dead have been identified among those present in Latin Night organized on Saturday night the club Pulse, frequented by homosexuals, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals.
To date, the youngest victim is Omar Luis Ocasio-Capo, 20, while the oldest is Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50.
The death toll following 50, but may increase in the coming hours, as among the 53 wounded in the massacre were several in critical condition, according to local authorities.
Meanwhile, following the activity in Pulse nightclub, where tonight were removed several bodies to be transferred to the Medical Examiner's Office Orange County.
The mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer, explained yesterday that 39 people died in the club, while another 11 died in nearby hospitals.
The massacre took place early Sunday morning when the suspect, Omar Mateen, started shooting at the club and made a group of hostages inside.
Three hours later, officers from the special teams entered the site, freed 30 people and killed the suspect, 29 and born in New York.
On the other hand, police in Fort Pierce, 200 kilometers south of Orlando, reported today that the apartment building where the residents lived Mateen can now return to their homes, although police activity continues in the area.
Faced with the fear that there might be explosives in the apartment, the authorities ordered the evacuation of about 200 people in the building, but have ruled out this hypothesis.
The operation on this property adds to held on the afternoon of Sunday in another Mateen, in nearby Port St Lucie, where extracted several boxes and a computer, in addition to the inspections in three cars parked at the door of the house.
In memory of the victims and the LGBT community during the night the rainbow colors were projected on several buildings in the city and the Orlando Eye, a Ferris wheel 122 meters high and one of the new symbols of the city.
The terrorist group Islamic State (EI) claimed again today the massacre of authorship and described its author, Omar Mateen as a "soldier of the caliphate."
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