Haulover park is located on the other side of Miami. Only a section of this beach is nude, so many are welcome to relax on the other side of the beach if uncomfortable with public nudity, creating a safe and inclusive atmosphere for everyone. He told the negotiator that the US' killing Abu Waheeb - a prominent ISIS soldier - in Iraq the month before the attack 'triggered' him, later saying he was 'out here right now' due to America's interventions in the Middle East.įor the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here. Haulover Park beach is Miami’s nude beach and attracts tons of individuals from the LGBTQ+ community. Mateen identified himself as a 'Mujahideen', 'Islamic Soldier' and 'Soldier of God' in a phone call to 911 during the shooting, and swore allegiance to the then leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Instead, the FBI's theory focuses on a series of Facebook posts Mateen made from different accounts just hours before the shooting, vowing to take vengeance on America for airstrikes in Iraq and Syria. The FBI says it doesn't believe that Mateen was homosexual (Image: Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)