US officials have said that the female shooter responsible for the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, with her husband was a member of ISIS. If the ISIS link is proven to be true, this will represent the first ISIS attack on American soil. Express.co.uk reports: Tashfeen Malik, who burst into a staff Christmas party with Syed Rizwan Farook, wielding assault rifles, pledged allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Facebook, according to officials investigating the attack in San Bernardino, California. The motive behind their deadly killing spree has still not been confirmed while investigators work to determining whether the couple’s act was terrorism-related. The post on social media by Malik on Wednesday was done on an account with a different name, according to one US official – but investigators did not explain how they knew she posted it. The status on Facebook was posted just minutes before the deadly attack was carried out at the San Bernardino County Health Public Health Department. The FBI said they are now investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. The discovery was made after police seized the couple’s electronics for examination to determine whether the couple had links to any terror groups. Officials have added that [...]
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