The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen has broken her silence.
Noor Salman was interviewed by TheNew York Times.
She claims that she had no involvement or knowledge of what her husband was going to do before he left their Fort Pierce home and entered the Pulse nightclub in June and gunned down 49 people.
In the days after the attack NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams said thataccording to several officials who were familiar with what she told the FBI,Salman said she drove Mateen at least once to Pulse nightclub because he wanted to see it in advance. And she was with him when he bought a holster and ammunition.
“I was unaware of everything,” the Times quotes her as saying.
Orlando Gunman’s Wife Breaks Silence: ‘I Was Unaware’ https://t.co/LPQeimT1lm
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) November 1, 2016
Salman told the Times that she has moved three times, now lives in fear and depends on family members to take care of the couple’s son.
She said that she decided to talk now, so people would know that she is human, and a mother.
She also said that she does not condone what her husband did and is sorry for what happened.
According to the Times, Salman lives in legal limbo, with prosecutors weighing charges that could include lying to the F.B.I.
Did Omar Mateen's wife know about her husband's plot? I asked her that very question in a nearly 5-hour interview. https://t.co/uy48EFTPzy
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) November 1, 2016