The Terrorists Brought Wrong Remote Control—
Syed Farook and his terrorist bride Tashfeen Malik set up bombs to explode on first responders sent to assist the victims of their shooting spree.
But they may have brought the wrong remote control.
Devout Islamist couple set bombs to blow up first responders.
Via The Five:
FOX News has more:
Bombs left at a Southern California social services facility by the gun-wielding radical Muslim couple who killed 14 and wounded 21 were set to go off when first responders arrived, Fox News learned on Monday, in a vicious strategy often seen in the Middle East.
None of the pipe bombs left at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik in Wednesday’s attack detonated, but the technique has investigators very concerned, sources told Fox News.
“This was meant to kill more, but also scare other future responders to attacks,” a source with inside knowledge of the investigation said. “This was meant to get into the minds of medics and officers who are arriving first on scene.”
It remains unclear why the bombs did not detonate. It could have been water from the sprinklers or a malfunction with remote control devices, according to investigators.
The couple burst into the facility, where Farook’s employer, the county board of health, was holding a holiday party. Blasting away with assault rifles, they gunned down victims and fled within minutes in a dark SUV. Several hours later, police apparently suspecting their involvement and staking out their Redlands home saw a vehicle matching that description. The ensuing chase ended in a hail of bullets on San Bernardino Avenue, the city main road, just two miles from the center.
In addition to explosives found in the SUV, authorities discovered and detonated three pipe bombs late Wednesday at the Inland Regional Center, the complex where the initial shooting took place about 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
