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How many people died or were injured?
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14 civilians were killed and 22 were seriously injured. The 2 perpetrators who carried out the attack were also killed in a shootout with police.
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2 killed and over 20 injured. One police officer was injured.
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Around 20 victims.
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Two police officers were injured: one from a bullet and another from glass and shrapnel.
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What was the motive?
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The motive was directed by ISIS. They did not officially show any affiliation, but moments before the attack Tashfen posted to facebook her allegiance to ISIS. They destroyed their harddrives and phones prior to the attack.
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Disgruntled workers getting revenge on their employers.
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Jihad.
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Hate freedom.
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What were the shooters' nationalities?
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Syed was an American born US citizen of Pakistani descent, and his wife Tashfeen was a Pakistani-born lawful permanent US resident through a marriage visa from Saudi Arabia.
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Pakistani and Saudi.
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ISIS.
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American citizens of Middle Eastern decent.
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Syrian.
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Syrian refugees who crossed the border from Mexico.
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Where did the attack take place?
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The attack took place in the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA, which is a government-funded not-for-profit public benefit corporation that helps people with developmental disabilities in California's San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.
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A Hospital in San Bernardino.
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In San Bernardino, CA
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Medical building on the intersection of Iowa Ave and Marlborough Ave in San Bernardino California.
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A building for the medically disabled in the greater Los Angeles area.
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Was this a planned or spontaneous attack?
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It was a planned attack, months in the making. The wife, Tashfeen Malik was a radical in Saudi Arabia and steadily influenced her husband. They had been planning the attack for around a month.
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It was spontaneous, according to the New York Daily News.
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Of course it was planned!
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What weapons were used in the attack?
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Two 0.223-caliber semi-automatic rifles (one was a DPMS Panther Arms A15 and the other was a Smith & Wesson M&P15; both variants of the AR-15), two 9mm caliber semi-automatic pistols, and an explosive device.
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Pipe bombs and guns.
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Assault rifles and suicide belts.
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What were the names of the shooters?
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Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik
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Syed Rizwen Feruk and Tafshin Maleek
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Barack Obama.
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Walter White
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