Syed Rizwan Farook

California shooters were of Pakistani origin: FBI takes over investigation

California gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a US 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. While Farook was born in the US to a Pakistani family, his wife Tashfeen came from Pakistan on a fiancée visa in 2014.

'Radicalised' California shooter Syed Rizwan Farook was in contact with known extremists

An American-born Muslim who along with his wife gunned down 14 people in California may have been radicalised and was in contact with known terrorism suspects, reports said Thursday.

'We need to stay cautious': Muslims, Arabs in US fear backlash from California shooting

Members of the Arab and Muslim communities in the United States said Thursday they feared a backlash, as details emerged of the Muslim couple who shot dead 14 people in San Bernardino, California.