Orlando nightclub shooting: 39 bodies recovered from club, 11 died in hospital

Dozens of bodies were slowly removed overnight from Pulse, the gay nightclub after a gunman sprayed the helpless crowd with bullets in violence that killed 50 people

Dozens of bodies were slowly removed overnight from Pulse, the gay nightclub after a gunman sprayed the helpless crowd with bullets in violence that killed 50 people.

A memorial service at a church for the victims of the attack. Pic/AFP

39 of the dead were killed at the club, and 11 people died at hospitals, Mayor Buddy Dyer said. Yesterday night, workers were removing bodies four at a time on stretchers out of the club and loaded them into white vans.

At least 53 people were hospitalised, most in critical condition, and a surgeon at Orlando Regional Medical Center said the death toll was likely to climb.

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