The faces of the victims: star athletes, dancers, students, all killed at Orlando nightclub

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Hannah Al-Othman14 June 2016

These are the faces of some of the victims who perished at the hands of gunman Omar Mateen who opened fire in Pulse nightclub in Florida.

Ranging in age from 18 to 50-years-old, 49 men and women died in the homophobic attack, with more than 50 others left wounded.

Mateen's victims included Eddie Justice, a 30-year-old accountant who lived in Orlando and sent heartbreaking texts to his mother as the suspected Islamist killer rampaged through the gay nightclub.

Orlando shooting victims

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The youngest confirmed victim is Akyra Murray a star athlete who had just graduated from high school, and was on a family holiday visiting her brother in Florida.

The oldest known victim is Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, a 50-year-old professional Jibaro dancer.

The City of Orlando has published the names and ages of all the victims on its website, once their families had been notified.

The majority are men in their 20s and 30s, with Mexican and Puerto Rican citizens among the dead.

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