Posted April 2, 2018 10:00 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

Noor Salman, 31, was found not guilty Friday of aiding and abetting her husband, Omar Mateen, in the June 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. (Photo: Facebook)
A Florida jury last week acquitted the woman accused of helping her former husband execute a terrorist attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando two years ago.
Noor Salman, 31, walked away free Friday after federal prosecutors dissected her role in preventing the June 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub that left 49 dead and 53 wounded. The gunman, Omar Mateen, died after a five-hour police standoff — leaving many questions about how much, if anything, his wife knew about his motives.
“Omar Mateen is a monster. Noor Salman is a mother, not a monster,” defense attorney Lisa Moreno told jurors, according to CNN. “Her only sin is she married a monster.”
Salman spent the last two years behind bars on aiding and abetting charges after prosecutors claimed she knew of husband’s violent plans and even witnessed him buying a rifle, target shooting and viewing ISIS beheading video — and then lied to investigators about it.
“I wish I had done the right thing, but my fear held me back,” she wrote in a statement to the

Source: Guns.com

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