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FBI investigates San Bernardino shooting as act of terrorism

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 13 February 2017, 11:52 IST

The FBI is investigating the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California that happened on Wednesday as an act of terrorism.

According to The Guardian, the FBI confirmed on Friday, giving the atrocity a national security dimension and renewed political urgency.

FBI assistant director David Bowdich said, during a press conference, that these horrific acts of are being investigated as an act of terrorism now.

The move comes after reports claimed the woman accused of helping to slaughter 14 people in a gun massacre in California pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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-With agency inputs

First published: 5 December 2015, 12:39 IST