Son supported ISIS, says San Bernardino shooter's father

December 07, 2015 09:24

The father of Syed Rizwan Farook told an Italian newspaper that his son, one of two shooters in last week's San Bernardino massacre, supported ISIS ideology and was "fixated on Israel.

"Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire at Farook's co-workers at a holiday party for the environmental health department before being gunned down hours later in a shootout with authorities.

When asked by reporter for the La Stampa newspaper whether his son had ever talked about ISIS, Farook's father said that he had.

He said he shared the ideology of Al Baghdadi to create an Islamic State, and he was fixated on Israel," the elder Farook said, referring to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

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