San Bernardino shooting: what we know about the attackers

Husband and wife dropped off their baby daughter then shot 14 people dead at Christmas party

Police San Bernardino shooting
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Details are emerging about the husband and wife who committed mass murder in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday.

Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, stormed a Christmas lunch at a social services centre with semi-automatic weapons and were later killed in a gunfight with police.

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