Post by Logan on Jan 16, 2016 3:32:19 GMT -6
FBI is now convinced that couple tried to detonate bomb in San Bernardino terror attack
The FBI's top investigator in the San Bernardino terrorist attack said Friday that the husband and wife who shot and killed 14 people on Dec. 2 intended to detonate an explosive device inside the room, though the exact timetable of the plot remains unclear.
David Bowdich, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said Friday that investigators now believe that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, attempted to detonate a pipe bomb hidden inside a bag at the Inland Regional Center.
What investigators still don't know is whether they planned to detonate the bomb first and then open fire on first responders, or to detonate the device as paramedics and police descended on the facility to tend to gunshot victims.
“Was the intent to detonate prior to their attack?” Bowdich asked. “We just don’t have the answer.”
Continue reading at www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-san-bernardino-bombs-20160115-story.html#nt=outfit .
The FBI's top investigator in the San Bernardino terrorist attack said Friday that the husband and wife who shot and killed 14 people on Dec. 2 intended to detonate an explosive device inside the room, though the exact timetable of the plot remains unclear.
David Bowdich, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, said Friday that investigators now believe that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, attempted to detonate a pipe bomb hidden inside a bag at the Inland Regional Center.
What investigators still don't know is whether they planned to detonate the bomb first and then open fire on first responders, or to detonate the device as paramedics and police descended on the facility to tend to gunshot victims.
“Was the intent to detonate prior to their attack?” Bowdich asked. “We just don’t have the answer.”
Continue reading at www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-san-bernardino-bombs-20160115-story.html#nt=outfit .