Police in Orlando say the gunman Omar Marteen was threatening to kill more hostages in the Pulse nightclub when they intervened and brought the siege to an end.
They say in a series of telephone calls he talked of having "bombs and explosives" and the police concluded further loss of life was "imminent".
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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