SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — California gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, and police said he and his wife had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds when they launched their deadly attack on a holiday party.
The details emerged as investigators tried to determine whether the rampage that left 14 people dead was terrorism, a workplace grudge or some combination.
The husband-and-wife killers were not under FBI scrutiny before the massacre, said a second U.S. official, who likewise was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Wearing black tactical gear and wielding assault rifles, Farook, a 28-year-old county restaurant inspector, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27, sprayed as many as 75 rounds into a room at a social service center for the disabled, where about 75 of Farook’s co-workers had gathered Wednesday morning. Farook had attended the event but slipped out and returned in battle dress.
Four hours later and two miles away, the couple died in a furious gunbattle in which they fired 76 rounds, while 23 law officers unleashed about 380, police said.
On Thursday, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan offered a grim inventory that suggested Wednesday’s bloodbath could have been far worse.
At the social service center, the couple left three rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control detonating device that apparently malfunctioned, and they had more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition remaining when police killed them in their rented SUV, Burguan said.
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I'm a little confused now , what the hell is an extremist ?
ReplyDeleteIs that like an almost terrorist? Is that just the political language for terrorist .
Yet the media refuses to label this an act of terrorism! Pipe bombs, 1700 plus rounds of ammunition, connections to known terrorists, a visit to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and they aren't sure!? The only thing they didn't do was yell Allu Akbar (sorry probably misspelled)!
ReplyDelete6000 rounds of ammo and 2 muslims attacking a Christmas party.
DeleteHe was in touch with Obama.?
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ReplyDeleteI'm a little confused now , what the hell is an extremist ?
Is that like an almost terrorist? Is that just the political language for terrorist .
December 4, 2015 at 6:40 AM
Well Obama told them not to call him an terrorist so they can't say he was in touch with a terrorist because that might make him look like a terrorist.
If Obama had a son!
every other country in the world has no problem calling a duck a duck. we truly are just a laughing stock. no wonder trump is leading. grow some obama
ReplyDeleteno kidding. just like every convenience store owner, babbling away on a cell phone while he's ringing you up. botcott all of those stores. I do.
ReplyDeleteWednesday’s rampage was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since 2012, when 26 children and adults were slain in Newtown, Connecticut.
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This shouldn't even be compared. There are still a lot of questions about the first one, but this is obviously a terrorist attack!
They were in touch with the Muslim brotherhood, which Obama's half brother is the leader of!
ReplyDeleteI like the silencer on his fully auto gun!!!!
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