The first picture of the mother-turned-killer who murdered 14
people in San Bernardino alongside her husband on Wednesday
surfaced on Friday as attorneys representing the couple's family
revealed that Tashfeen Malik, 27, wore a burka and didn't speak
to male relatives, family members of her husband Syed Farook
said, adding that they had never seen her face.
Abuershaid said at Friday's press conference that the Malik
who is Pakistani but lived in Saudi Arabia, met Farook through a
dating website some time in 2013. Then Farook went to Saudi
Arabia to meet her. Then went again in July 2014. Farook
returned to the U.S. and the following month, Malik joined him
in the U.S. on what is known as a “fiancé” visa, which allows
an American fiancé to petition for his or her partner’s temporary
entry before marriage. For the visa application, the address she
listed in her Pakistani hometown, ABC News discovered does
not exist. The couple was married the following month.
Malik received her Green Card this summer, U.S. officials said.
Six months ago, the couple had a baby daughter and named
her according to a naming convention more common to Arab
families, rather than in the typical Pakistani manner.
He said the couple were very 'traditional' and that family
members saw Malik as a 'very private', soft-spoken and caring
housewife. He added that Malik spoke broken English.
'They were very traditional. When family would come
over, the women would sit with the women and the men
would sit with the men, so the men had never spoken to
her,' Abuershaid said. 'Malik wore a burka so she was
never seen by the men.'
So nobody really knew what she looked like not even the family
members.
Investigators say Tashfeen Malik left a post on a Facebook
page using an alias pledging allegiance to ISIS and its leader al-
Baghdadi.
FBI is now investigating the San Bernardino mass shooting as
'an act of terror'.
The couple were killed on Wednesday by the authorities.
people in San Bernardino alongside her husband on Wednesday
surfaced on Friday as attorneys representing the couple's family
revealed that Tashfeen Malik, 27, wore a burka and didn't speak
to male relatives, family members of her husband Syed Farook
said, adding that they had never seen her face.
Abuershaid said at Friday's press conference that the Malik
who is Pakistani but lived in Saudi Arabia, met Farook through a
dating website some time in 2013. Then Farook went to Saudi
Arabia to meet her. Then went again in July 2014. Farook
returned to the U.S. and the following month, Malik joined him
in the U.S. on what is known as a “fiancé” visa, which allows
an American fiancé to petition for his or her partner’s temporary
entry before marriage. For the visa application, the address she
listed in her Pakistani hometown, ABC News discovered does
not exist. The couple was married the following month.
Malik received her Green Card this summer, U.S. officials said.
Six months ago, the couple had a baby daughter and named
her according to a naming convention more common to Arab
families, rather than in the typical Pakistani manner.
He said the couple were very 'traditional' and that family
members saw Malik as a 'very private', soft-spoken and caring
housewife. He added that Malik spoke broken English.
'They were very traditional. When family would come
over, the women would sit with the women and the men
would sit with the men, so the men had never spoken to
her,' Abuershaid said. 'Malik wore a burka so she was
never seen by the men.'
So nobody really knew what she looked like not even the family
members.
Investigators say Tashfeen Malik left a post on a Facebook
page using an alias pledging allegiance to ISIS and its leader al-
Baghdadi.
FBI is now investigating the San Bernardino mass shooting as
'an act of terror'.
The couple were killed on Wednesday by the authorities.
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