Orlando: Thousands of people rallied in the US city of Orlando on Monday night for the first official vigil to commemorate the victims in deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub that left 50 people killed and 53 injured on Sunday.

People from all around the state of Florida gathered at the lawn in front of the Dr Phillips Centre for the Performing Arts, holding praying signs and candles. Some of them laid flowers and wrote encouraging words on the pavement with crayon, Xinhua reported.