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San Diego mosque shooters met online and left writings expressing hate, FBI says
Investigators recovered 30 guns and a crossbow as they probe whether the teens planned broader attacks, officials said.
- The FBI confirmed that the two teenage suspects behind the deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego first met online, where they bonded over shared "broad hatred" toward various religions and races.
- Investigators uncovered suicide notes and personal writings detailing racial pride and anti-Muslim rhetoric, while also finding hate speech scrawled directly onto one of the firearms used in the assault.
- The shooting at San Diego County’s largest mosque claimed the lives of three community members—Amin Abdullah, Mansour Kaziha, and Nader Awad—with officials noting that the heroic actions of Abdullah, a long-serving security guard, minimized the threat and saved countless lives.
- The attackers, identified as a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old who had heavily armed themselves with weapons taken from a parent's home, died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds inside a getaway vehicle a few blocks from the scene.
- Local media had previously reported the suspects' names and writings contents, raising questions about investigative confidentiality, while police converged on Monday night on a property believed connected to one suspect.
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The two suspects in the deadly attack at a mosque in San Diego were reportedly radicalized online. They published texts containing hateful rhetoric, including against Muslims and Jews.
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The spokesman-ReviewTeens suspected in mosque shooting met online, where they were radicalized, FBI says
SAN DIEGO — Investigators believe that two teens who killed three people at San Diego’s largest mosque before fatally shooting themselves had been radicalized online, where the two became virtual friends before meeting up in person, authorities said Tuesday. A…
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