Officials Finally Explain 3-Hour Delay to Reach Victims (Video)

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 There Never Was A Bomb: Officials Finally Explain 3-Hour Delay to Reach Victims
  The gunman had falsely claimed he had a bomb and had strapped more explosives to some of the clubgoers.
 
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There Never Was A Bomb: Officials Finally Explain 3-Hour Delay to Reach Victims

The gunman had falsely claimed he had a bomb and had strapped more explosives to some of the clubgoers.

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