Arsenal found at Pakistani origin California shooters' home

Washington An arsenal of explosives and ammunition has been found at the home of a Chicagoborn health worker and his Pakistani wife who killed 14 people and injured 21 others during a holiday party in CaliforniaChicago born Syed Rizwan Farook 28 and Tashfeen Malik 27 his Pakistani wife in the US on a visa were both dressed in tactical gear and armed with rifles handguns and multiple ammunition magazines for the attack media reports saidAs they strode into an event for county workers in San Bernardino Wednesday morning the couple opened fire spraying 65 to 75 rounds and leaving behind an unexploded pipe bomb before fleeing in a rented black Ford ExpeditionPolice has found 12 pipe bombtype devices at the suspect couples home in Redlands along with thousands of rounds of ammunitionAnother set of three pipe bombs combined into one and designed to be triggered by remote control from a car although the device apparently malfunctioned was also found at the scene of the mass shooting the Washington Post reported citing San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod BurguanInvestigators are still looking for a motive behind the deadliest US mass shooting since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of the innocents on Dec 14 2012 when a gunman shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members in Newtown ConnecticutOfficials said the two attackers were killed after nearly two dozen police officers engaged in a firefight with themPolice also found more than 1600 rounds of ammunition on the attackers suggesting they were prepared for a long siegePolice say they had recovered four weapons Two assault rifles and two 9mm pistols all of which were legally purchased according to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and ExplosivesWe do not know the motive It would be irresponsible of me and be way too early to speculate on motive said David Bowdich assistant director in charge of the FBI in Los AngelesThere was obviously a mission here Bowdich said We do not know why We do not know if this was the intended target or something triggered himNBC News citing authorities said that Farook appeared to have been radicalised They said he had been in touch with people in the Los Angeles area who have expressed jihadistoriented viewsCiting intelligence sources NBC News said that Farook appeared to have been in some form of communication with people overseas who are persons of interest to US authoritiesFarook travelled to Saudi Arabia at least twice in 2013 and 2014 acquaintances and Saudi officials told NBC NewsIn 2013 he went on Umrah a pilgrimage to Mecca Nazeem Ali 23 who attended DarAlUloom AlIslamia mosque in Muscoy a suburb of San Bernardino with Farook said Farook told him that he planned to meet the fianceacutee he had met online Malik and to get married at the Black Stone in the Grand Mosque of MeccaIn May Farook and Malik had a baby whom they left with Farooks mother claiming they they had a doctors appointment said Farhan Khan Farooks brotherinlawA profile under the user name farooksyed49 on the dating website iMilapcom featured a picture of Farook which Khan confirmed was his brotherinlaw It said the user was Muslim American born in Chicago