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The San Bernardino Shooters Buried in Traditional Islamic Funeral

The San Bernardino Shooters Buried in Traditional Islamic Funeral

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Tashfeen Malik and Syed Farook are pictured passing through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in this July 27, 2014 handout photo — Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Rizwan Farook are pictured passing through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in this July 27, 2014, handout photo obtained by Reuters on Dec. 8, 2015US Customs and Border Protection—Handout/Reuters

December 17, 2015 3:58 AM EST

Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook, the shooters behind the San Bernardino, Calif., attack that killed 14 people, were buried Tuesday in a quiet funeral guarded by FBI agents, reports Reuters

The husband and wife died in a shootout with police shortly after carrying out their attack on Dec. 2.

The funeral, which was carried out according to Islamic traditions, was sparsely attended — most Muslims in the San Bernardino community expressed their desire to distance themselves from the couple.

Read more at Reuters.

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