GUNMAN'S LAST STAND #ISIS fanatic died in a hail of bullets as he burst through hole in the wall made by cops to help victims escape

BRAVE cops have revealed how they blasted their way into a Florida nightclub in a bid to end an ISIS fanatic’s gun rampage.

ISIS maniac Omar Seddique Mateen, 29, fired indiscriminately inside gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida after shooting the doorman dead early Sunday morning.

More than 300 people were inside the nightclub when the sound of gunfire was first heard just after 2am local time.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina said the gunman twice prevented officers from ending his killing spree before hiding in the toilets with hostages.

A stand-off lasting around three hours followed, with another group of 15-20 people hiding in another nearby bathroom.

The ISIS killer warned cops he had a bomb on him and would kill victims "imminently" when an expert negotiator tried to convince the gunman to give himself up.


Police used explosives and a BearCat armoured vehicle to smash a hole in the wall, allowing some trapped clubbers to escape.

Mateen emerged from the hole shooting moments later and was shot dead by a team of "eight or nine" officers.

The shooting is the deadliest in American history and the worst terror attack in the USA since 9/11.

The AR-15 semi-automatic rifle has left dozens dead in multiple shootings this decade, calls for a nationwide ban have been ignored.

Fanatic Mateen called 911 to pledge allegiance to ISIS after opening fire at revellers, in an atrocity mirroring last November’s massacre at Paris’ Bataclan Theatre.

ISIS terrorists last night claimed responsibility for the horror, weeks after spokesman Abu Mohammed al Adnani called for "a month of hurt" in Europe and the USA.

They described the killer as "a soldier of the caliphate in America" in a sickening audio message.

A spokesman for the group said: "One of the Caliphate's soldiers in America carried out a security invasion where he was able to enter a crusader gathering at a nightclub for homosexuals in Orlando, Florida ... where he killed and injured more than a hundred of them before he was killed."

President Obama called the tragedy "an act of terror and an act of hate".

Chief Mina told how an undercover police officer working at Pulse nightclub had a gun battle with the terrorist when he first opened fire at around 2am.

A second gun battle caused Mateen to flee into the bathroom with hostages, but allowed "dozens and dozens" of terrified clubbers to escape.

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