ISIS claims suspected San Bernardino shooters were 'followers'

Memorial for San Bernarnino, California mass shooting
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In an online radio broadcast Saturday, the Islamic State claimed that the suspected shooters who killed 14 in a San Bernardino, California, attack Wednesday were "followers" of the terrorist group, Reuters reports.

Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29, died in a shootout with police hours after the attack on the local environmental health department, which also left 21 injured.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.