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MY LIFE WITH ORLANDO KILLER
Ex-wife of Omar Mateen says he used to attack her as she slept and she suspected he was gay because he used to ‘skip’ down the road
Sitora Yusufiy tells of his 'flamboyant' ways
THE EX-WIFE of Orlando killer Omar Mateen says he was a violent monster who attacked her as she slept and told how she suspected he was secretly gay.
Sitora Yusufiy, 27, said the gunman was “flamboyant” and would often “randomly start skipping”, leading her to believe he was secretly homosexual.
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Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, US, when he opened fire with automatic weapons.
His first wife Sitora opened up on their hellish marriage in an interview with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain, earlier today.
She said: “In the beginning he was a very thoughtful, charming being.
“After got married after about a month, I started seeing his other side.
“His violent side, his disturbed side.”
Piers Morgan asks her: “He actually attacked you once while you were asleep, didn’t he?”
A sad looking Sitora replies: “Yes, he did.”
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She said she was stunned when she first heard her ex-hubby was responsible for the massacre but said it brought “flashbacks” of his violent outbursts.
Sitora added: “My immediate reaction, I felt for the people that suffered.
“I felt really sorry, I felt horrible.
“I couldn’t believe it at first but knowing it was Omar and processing what happened I got memories and flashbacks of him when he was violent to me.”
The attack on the LGBT community has led to the theory Mateen was gay but felt ashamed of this secret due to his strict Islamic upbringing.
Speaking via video link from Denver, Sitora said she suspected he was gay and says it “makes sense” as to why he launched the deadly attack.
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She said: “He was my first actual relationship with another man so I didn’t have much of a reference to even compare.
“The reason why I was drawn to him in the first place was because he was able to hold very thoughtful and very detail oriented conversations as a female would.
“He felt very friendly and comfortable.
“After our marriage I saw very flamboyant sides of him.
“He would randomly start skipping as we were walking somewhere.
“When he would get mad and get into his violent state he would express his resentment towards homosexuality.
“At that time I obviously wasn’t putting 2 and 2 together but what I saw, what happened and all the stories I’ve read it makes sense in my heart and my mind.”
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She rejected Mateen held any “extreme” Islamic views but said he had started practising the Muslim faith.
She added: “That was a form of straightening out his life from the previous night life scene he was in.
“He was beginning to practise and follow and attending mosques once in a while but there was no evidence or anything that I can relate that was about radical Islam or extreme Islam that he was into.”
She eventually escaped the relationship when he family intervened.
She said: “I feel very blessed and very guided.”
Mateen’s second wife, Noor Salman, has been questioned by the FBI about her involvement in the attack.
Reports suggest she went shopping with him for ammunition ahead of the shooting and it was revealed he stopped his killing spree to text her from the scene.
Mateen also phoned an Orlando local news station News 13 to pledge allegiance to ISIS during the shooting.
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