Families bury victims of Orlando massacre

Families of some of the 49 people killed in a massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub mourned and buried their dead, a day after US president Barack Obama met survivors and said the United States must act to control gun violence.

Burials began as it emerged the owner of a gun shop in Florida said the gunman, Omar Mateen, came to his shop to buy body armour and 1,000 rounds of ammunition about five weeks before the rampage.

Robert Abell, co-owner of Lotus Gunworks in Jensen Beach, says the shop declined the sale because the customer raised suspicions by requesting a high grade of body armour typically used by law enforcement.