Police have killed a married couple suspected of shooting dead 14 people and wounding 21 more in
The incident
The attack took place at a Christmas party on Wednesday for employees
of the San Bernardino
Police believe that 28-year-old Syed Rizwan Farook, an inspector with
the department, left the party and returned with his wife, 27-year-old Tashfeen
Malik, to carry out the shooting.
The suspects were armed with two "long guns" - rifles or
shotguns - and two semi-automatic handguns and wore dark, military-style
clothing, police said.
Police engaged in a shoot-out with the suspects as they attempted to
flee the scene in a dark SUV, and killed both.
Several possible explosive devices were found at the scene, police
said. San Bernardino
The attackers
Police officials said Farook had worked for the county public health
department for five years.
Two colleagues who survived the attack told the LA Times they were shocked to
hear Farook's name linked to the shooting. He was quiet and polite with no
obvious grudges, they said.
Farook recently travelled to Saudi Arabia
The couple dropped their six-month-old daughter with Farook's mother in Redlands LA Times
report. The grandmother reportedly grew worried when she heard about the
shooting and attempted to reach her son by phone but failed.
The FBI is interviewing Enrique Marquez, a close friend of Farook's who
bought the assault rifles used in the shooting.
Mr. Marquez and Farook were reportedly plotting an attack in 2012, but
decided against it after law enforcement activity and arrests in the area.
Farook and Malik had practiced shooting at a local gun range just days
before the attack, the FBI said, and that the two had been radicalized
"for some time".
The motive
The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of terrorism.
Authorities found two mobile phones that had been crushed in a trash bin
nearby the attackers' home and are closely examining the data they can extract
from them.
"I'm ready to confirm there are some telephonic connections and
other subjects of our investigation," said FBI assistant director David
Bowdich.
"There are a number of pieces of evidence that has essentially
pushed us off the cliff to say that this is an act of terrorism."
The US
Farook and Malik talked about martyrdom and jihad as early as 2013, but
they did not get on authorities' radars. Malik gained entry to the US
Structure of the Lead
Who- Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik
When- 2016/2/21
What- a married couple
suspected of shooting dead 14 people and wounding 21 more.
Why- They may be the militants.
Where- San Bernardino , California
How- with rifles or shotguns and two
semi-automatic handguns and wore dark, military-style clothing.
Keywords
1. grudges (n.)怨恨
2. enforcement
(n.)強制
3. radicalize
(v.)使激進
4. pledge (n.)保證
5. allegiance (n.)忠誠
6. extremist
(n.)極端主義
7. martyrdom
(n)殉教;受難
