FBI Update:
FBI held its press briefing on 9th Dec to update media on California shootings
The couple who launched the terror attack in San Bernardino were both radicalized before they met online, the director of the FBI revealed today.
FBI Director, James Comey revealed the new information about the couple, who were killed by police following the deadly shooting, during testimony on Capitol Hill.
That revelation means that the couple, Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, were radicalized as early as the end of 2013, Comey said.
Asked whether the marriage of shooters was arranged by a terror group or terror operative, or was just a meeting of two radicals online, Comey said: "I don't know the answer to that yet... It would be a very, very important thing to know."
Comey said they were talking about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged and started living together.
"We're working very hard to understand exactly their association and the source of their inspiration," Comey said. "We're also working very hard to understand whether there was anybody else involved with assisting them, with supporting them, with equipping them. And we're working very very hard to understand, did they have other plans? Either for that day or earlier, and that work continues."
Farook, 28, was born in the United States and Malik, 29, was born in Pakistan.
She first came to the U.S. with Farook in late July 2014, arriving on a K1 fiancee visa. Court records state that the couple was married in Riverside, California on Aug. 16, 2014.
Police identified Farook and Malik as the two suspects hours after the Dec. 2 shooting, which left 14 people dead and 21 others injured.
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Editor's Note:
The circumstances ensuing after the California shootings paves way for two important issues - which are: 1) Gun laws 2) Muslims propaganda.
However, the crucial fact that did "someone else assisted" Rizwan and Tashfeen, has not come to limelight ....
KANWAL ABIDI *journalist & political analyst
063 News (Global Press Agency)
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