San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook may have been radicalized by Pakistan-born

Rabbani said he had been contacted by Pakistani intelligence as part of the investigation into the San Bernardino shooting. “There is no indication that they are part of a network”, he told reporters in Washington.

But Comey noted there’s still “a lot evidence that doesn’t quite make sense”.

A woman cries during a candlelight vigil for shooting victims at San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif. A husband and wife opened fire on a holiday banquet, killing multiple people on Wednesday.

Farook and Malik were killed Wednesday in a wild firefight with police hours after the attack – and relatives were at a loss to explain how the young couple with a baby girl could have donned black tactical gear and shot at dozens of people.

A pro-IS Arabic-language news agency Aamaq had called Malik and Farook “sympathisers” of the Islamic State group but stopped short of claiming responsibility for the attack.

David Bowdich, head of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said “a number of pieces of evidence” pointed to terrorism and that the agency was focused on that idea “for good reason”. He said investigators are looking carefully to determine if there is an IS connection.

Family members of the two suspects in the Southern California rampage that left 14 dead had no knowledge of their plans, their attorneys say, and they cautioned against a rush to judgment after the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Friday it is investigating the mass shooting as an act of terrorism.

Tashfeen Malik’s first photo has finally been revealed, and we’re getting to see what the cold-blooded killer looks like. He noted that co-workers may have teased Farook about his beard, which could have caused him to snap.

As new information unfolds following the San Bernardino shooting, it’s been made scarily apparent that the attack was not only premeditated, but an intended act of terrorism.

Investigators are scouring the contents of computers, cellphones and other devices belonging to Ms. Malik and Mr. Farook, including items they attempted to destroy and files they tried to erase; investigators found two cellphones, which had been crushed, in a trash can near their home.

“At this point we believe they were more self-radicalised and inspired by the group than actually told to do the shooting”, one official was quoted as saying by the New York Times.

The woman who helped her husband kill 14 people at holiday party in California praised the leader of the Islamic State group in a Facebook post just minutes into the attack.

Bowdich alluded to the Facebook post in the press conference, but declined to elaborate on it. The account has been removed from public viewing.

Law enforcement officials have long warned that Americans acting in sympathy with Islamic extremists – though not on direct orders – could launch an attack inside the US Using slick propaganda, IS in particular has urged sympathisers worldwide to commit violence in their countries.

Malik, a native Pakistani who had been living in Saudi Arabia before she met Farook through an online dating site.

Malik had two brothers and two sisters and was related to Ahmed Ali Aulak, a former provincial minister, the Pakistani officials said.

The two USA officials were not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Another person close to the Saudi government says Tashfeed Malik didn’t stay in Saudi Arabia but eventually returned to Islamabad and lived there, returning to Saudi Arabia for visits.

Malik was of petite stature, which led David S. Chesley, another attorney for the Farook family, to assert that she was an unlikely gunman in the San Bernardino attacks.