These are the harrowing 911 calls Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen made during slaughter of 49

THE HARROWING 911 calls Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen made on the night of the attack that left 49 dead have been released by officials.

Mateen shot down dozens of people upon entering the gay club in Orlando, Florida, on June 12 this year.

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The 29-year-old self-confessed “Soldier of God” spent approximately 50 minutes on the phone with police negotiators over the course of three separate calls between shooting sprees.

Released following a ruling by a US judge, the calls reveal the delusional gunman identified himself to police by saying: “You are speaking to the person who pledges allegiance to the Islamic State."

He went on to tell officials on the other end of the line: "You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. They are killing a lot of innocent people."

During the first call at 2.35am, he told cops: "This is Mateen. I want to let you know I'm in Orlando and I did the shooting."

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He later pledged “allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of the Islamic State," to which the negotiator dealing with the call responded: "I completely get what you’re saying.

“What I'm trying to do is prevent anybody else from getting...”

The shooter interrupted: “You need to stop the U.S. air strikes. They need to stop the U.S. air strikes, okay?

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“All I can do is help individuals and I want to start with helping you."

Comparing himself to other infamous US terrorists, he said: "My homeboy Tamerlan Tsarnaev did his thing on the Boston Marathon.

“My homeboy [inaudible name] did his thing, okay, so now it's my turn, OK?”

Attempting to steer the conversation away from talk of horrific terror attacks, the negotiator then tried to introduce himself to Mateen: "My name is Andy. What's yours?"

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Mateen responded by calling himself “Islamic soldier”.

He continued: "Call me Mujahideen, call me the Soldier of God."

Officials last spoke to the killer in a three-minute phone conversation that was cut short by Mateen, who hung up at 3.25am.

He told negotiators: "You’re annoying me with these phone calls, and I don’t really appreciate it," before opening fire on the nightclub again.

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ISIS-inspired Omar Mateen was gunned down by police as he tried to flee the scene of the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

In addition to the fatalities, 53 club goers were hospitalised.

The audio release comes after scores of media companies sued for access to the communications between the gunman and the Orlando Police Department.

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