At least 50 people have been killed and more than 400 people have been injured in the deadliest firing in America’s history. According to news agency Reuters, the terrorist organization ISIS has taken responsibility for this horrific attack. According to the news agency AP, ISIS has said that the attacker had converted to Islam a few months back.
American President Donald Trump has described the Las Vegas shootout as a demonic act in his address to the country’s name. He said that the security agencies are engaged in the investigation. Trump praised Las Vegas Police for providing relief to victims soon. He said that many people lost their loved ones. Trump said that the United States is completely united as always in the hour of this misery and panic. He ordered the American flag to bow down in half of mourning. Trump will visit Vegas on Wednesday.
On Monday, a 64-year-old assailant, Stephen Padock, killed 50 people in a casino in a music concert, firing indiscriminately in Las Vegas. According to the police, Paddock later shot himself. Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told CNN, “We think the attacker has killed himself.”