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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief James Comey said Friday that San Bernardino shooting was being investigated as potential terrorism, but there was "no indication" suggesting killers of the holiday party carnage had been part of any terrorist group.
"The investigation so far has delivered indications of radicalization by the killers and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations," said Comey here, just hours after David Bowdich, FBI's Assistant Regional Director in Los Angeles, California, announced that the agency was now investigating the case as an act of terrorism.
However, Comey said so far there was no indication that pointed to the husband-and-wife shooters' affiliation to any group.
"We have no indication that these killers are part of an organized larger group or form part of a cell. There is no indication that they are part of a network," said Comey.
The couple shot down 14 people Wednesday at a Southern California social services center and injuried several. According to local police, "some degree of planning" was involved in the shooting spree.
The two suspects, 28-year-old U.S. citizen Syed Farook and his 27-year-old wife Tashfeen Malik, had 1,600 rifle and 9-millimeter rounds of ammunition when they were killed, and 2,000 9-millimeter rounds and 2,500 0.223 rifle rounds at home, as well as 12 pipe bombs and tools to make bombs, according to police.
And those do not include the hundreds of rounds they fired in the shooting and gunfire with police.
It was revealed Friday that the wife had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) on social media.
The couple, who left their 6-month-old daughter with grandparents on the day of shooting, wore black tactical gear with pockets to hold magazines and bombs and left 3 pipe bombs attached together with remote control in a bag at the shooting scene. The device apparently failed to detonate. Four high-capacity rifle magazines were also left behind at the scene. Enditem
