DHAKA: A shooting has been reported at a nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando, and the attacker is said to have taken hostages.

The incident happened at the Pulse Club, a gay nightclub in the city, reports the BBC.

It posted on its Facebook page, ‘Everyone get out of pulse and keep running’.

Local TV reporter Stewart Moore tweeted that he had been told by a source that the suspect may be wearing a bomb.

Photos on social media show dozens of emergency vehicles at the scene.

BDST: 1348 HRS, JUN 12, 2016
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