Editing Omar Mateen (section)

==Other information==
*As a child, Mateen idolized [[Osama bin Laden]] and cheered in support of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. There were even incidents where he claimed that bin Laden was his uncle.
*His father Zir Siddique was an FBI informant and [[Taliban]] supporter who hosted a program on an Afghan satellite channel.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-shooting-father/father-of-orlando-shooter-hosted-political-show-on-afghan-pakistan-issues-idUSKCN0YY109</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/orlando-nightclub-shooters-father-was-fbi-informant-court-documents-say/2018/03/26/71527862-3119-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html</ref>
*There are multiple documented incidents of Mateen bullying classmates in elementary, middle, ''and'' high school.
*He reportedly began bringing a gun to college classes in the wake of the Virginia Tech Shooting.
*He was reportedly [[Domestic Abuse|physically and verbally abusive]] towards his first wife, Sitora Alisherzoda Yusufiy.
*Though he was never formally diagnosed, his first wife believed that he was bipolar and also reported that he had been addicted to steroids for a period of time.
*Some believe that Mateen may have been a closeted homosexual or bisexual, as he allegedly had accounts on apps such as Grindr and that a secondary motive for the shooting may have been out of self-hate. This has never been proven and is merely speculation. Though Mateen had shown signs of [[homophobia]], it has been confirmed that he did not pick Pulse for the shooting because of its clientele, and that his sole motivation for the attack was on behalf of ISIS.
*Prior to pledging allegiance to ISIS, Mateen claimed to be a member of [[Hezbollah]].
*He had originally considered Walt Disney World Resort to perpetrate the shooting before settling on Pulse.