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Tashfeen Malik advocated jihad in messages on social media
Her comments were made under a pseudonym and with strict privacy settings
Authorities are working to trace the electronic trail of Malik and her husband
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Tashfeen Malik advocated jihad in messages on social media, but her comments were made under a pseudonym and with strict privacy settings that did not allow people outside a small group of friends to see them, U.S. law enforcement officials told CNN on Monday.
Malik and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, opened fire on the latter’s co-workers at a work event on December 2 in San Bernardino, California, killing 14.
Authorities are working to trace the electronic trail of the killers and trying to find out whom they interacted with, how they hatched and carried out the plot, and why.
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Police officers stand guard as they investigate a suspicious vehicle in Redlands, California, on Wednesday, December 2, after a mass shooting in nearby San Bernardino in which 14 people died and 21 were injured. The shooting took place at the Inland Regional Center, where employees with the county health department were attending a holiday event. The two shooters -- Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik -- were fatally shot in a gun battle with police hours after the initial incident. Farook worked for the county health department.
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A police officer places a marker along East San Bernardino Avenue, near where the shootout occurred.
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Law enforcement officers search a residential area for suspects who fled after the shooting.
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Police search for the suspects in San Bernardino.
