Pak-Origin California Gunman was in Touch With Extremists

Officials said militants of Pakistani origin, who carried out the massacre of 14 people in California with his wife of Pakistan of extremism may have been because he was in contact with extremists today, also pointed out the weapon distances from their homeland that they were going to attack the other.

Police said that during the search of the apartment the couple, Mr. Rizwan Farooq, 28, and his wife, Yasin Malik, 27 years, they found an arsenal of weapons and explosives, including dozens of pipe bombs and thousands of rounds ammunition.FBI took over the investigation into the mass shooting on Wednesday in San Bernardino , Calif., and combing through evidence, including mobile phones and computer hard drive to determine what payments Farouk and the owner to carry out the attack, which killed 14 people and left 21 people wounded.The FBI treat shooting as a possible act of terrorism, although the agency far away from the conclusion that, said.Farook two law enforcement agencies, which according to Pakistani origin, and the owner, a Pakistani citizen, fired at least 150 bullets inside the Regional Centre of the Interior, and later in a shootout with police that left a couple dead, officials said.The, authorities also released the names of 14 victims, aged between 26 and 60.With FBI screening devices Farouk between electronic, and said police and agents of the evidence, analysts, and found that before, at least in today's attacks, and began to erase data, prompting investigators to believe it plans attack.Farook owner was found in black tactical equipment without ballistic vests. Attackers legally purchased two handguns.If you look at the amount of clear pre-planning that went in, and a number of weapons (are) was, weapons and ammunition, and it was clear that there are important here. We know that. Said David Bowd, deputy director, we do not know why in charge of the FBI in Los Angeles office.Farook was in contact with a small number of suspected militants, the newspaper quoted officials as saying. Not only that, he probably should have at least one person who is observed as a suspected terrorist potential. Communication 'soft contacts' because they were not frequent, it is said.Farook official who emigrated from Pakistan parents, according Bowd, recently traveled to Pakistan.