Friday, 4 December 2015

Female Attacker Sworn Allegiance To Islamic State

The female attacker who carried out a mass killing made the declaration on Facebook using a different name that she had pledged loyalty to the extremist organisation's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The Pakistan-born 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik, said she had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group.
With her spouse, 28-year-old Syed Farook, she massacred 14 of his colleagues and injured another 21 during a holiday party at a social services centre.

Few details have so far emerged about Malik, who was in the US under a K1 fiancee visa, sponsored by her American citizen husband.

Farook, an Illinois-born restaurant inspector, had been in touch with Islamic extremists on social media, say US intelligence officials.

Police said they found a dozen more pipe bombs in a bag and nearly 5,000 rounds of ammunition at the killers' home.

The FBI have been scouring the couple's mobile phones and a computer hard drive found at their home in Redlands, California.

Images of the assault rifles and guns they used have also been released, as well as a new photo of their truck peppered with bullet holes.


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