MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the CNN network’s Tuesday report citing two US officials, Syed Farook and an accomplice were conspiring three years ago and had a specific target in mind. The officials were unable to confirm how serious the plan was.
Farook and his partner did not go through with the attack due to several arrests related to terrorism being carried out in the area.
"They got spooked," the official told the media outlet.
Last week, a shooting at Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino claimed lives of 14 people and injured 21 others. Police identified the shooters as a US-born man of Pakistani origin Syed Farook and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday it had found indications that the two perpetrators had been under the influence of radical ideas. Later media reports claimed that Farook and Malik had contacts with Islamist organizations, including the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front and the ISIL, which is outlawed in many countries including Russia.
