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Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel

October 2, 2017 4:24 pm

At least 58 people have been killed and hundreds injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert.

A gunman, named as 64-year-old Nevada resident Stephen Paddock, opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards an open-air music festival attended by 22,000.

He killed himself as police stormed the room where 10 guns were found.
Investigators have found no link to international terrorism, despite a claim from so-called Islamic State.

FBI Special Agent Aaron Rouse told a news conference: “We have determined at this point no connection to an international terrorist organization.”

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Islamic State (IS) had claimed to be behind the attack, saying that Paddock had converted to Islam some months ago
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But the group provided no evidence for this and has made unsubstantiated claims in the past.