This Article is From Dec 06, 2015

San Bernardino Shooter Had Contact With Al Qaeda-Affiliated Group: Report

San Bernardino Shooter Had Contact With Al Qaeda-Affiliated Group: Report

In a drivers license photo provided by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, .Syed Rizwan Farook, one of two suspects in the mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif. on Dec. 2, 2015.

Los Angeles: San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook had contact with people from at least two militant organizations overseas, including the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in Syria, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday, citing a federal law enforcement official.

The official described "some kind" of contact between Farook and people from the Nusra Front and the radical al Shabaab group in Somalia, the LA Times reported. It is unclear what type of contact or with whom, the newspaper said.
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