Orlando to make Pulse nightclub a memorial for victims of homophobic mass shooting

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A man stands solemnly amidst a sea of flowers.

Florida nightclub Pulse, the site of a homophobic mass shooting in 2016, has been bought by the City of Orlando with the intention to make it a memorial for the victims.

Pulse had been running as gay bar and nightclub in Orlando since 2004, before it was the site of a deadly shooting on the night of June 12, 2016.

Omar Mateen, aged 29, shot and killed 49 people and wounded 68 more before police officers fatally shot him after a three-hour standoff. The attack was deemed a…