This Article is From Dec 09, 2015

San Bernardino Shooter May Have Been Plotting an Earlier Attack: Report

San Bernardino Shooter May Have Been Plotting an Earlier Attack: Report

Syed Rizwan Farook is pictured in this undated handout photo provided by the FBI

Investigators believe San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook may have been plotting an earlier attack in California with someone else, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing two US officials.

One of the officials told CNN the two conspired in 2012 and a specific target was considered. Neither of the officials could say how serious the plotting got, CNN said.

One official said the two decided not to go through with the earlier attack after a round of terror-related arrests in the area, CNN reported. "They got spooked," the official said.

CNN did not give the name of the other plotter.
 
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