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San Bernardino shooting: Friend of gunman is arrested | San Bernardino shooting: Friend of gunman is arrested |
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A friend of one of the San Bernardino attackers has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting that killed 14, US media report. | A friend of one of the San Bernardino attackers has been arrested in connection with the mass shooting that killed 14, US media report. |
Enrique Marquez is the first arrest tied to the deadliest terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. | Enrique Marquez is the first arrest tied to the deadliest terrorist attack in the US since 9/11. |
He bought two semiautomatic rifles that were used by attackers Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. | He bought two semiautomatic rifles that were used by attackers Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. |
Mr Marquez, 24, told authorities Farook, his former neighbour, asked him to buy the rifles in 2011 and 2012. | Mr Marquez, 24, told authorities Farook, his former neighbour, asked him to buy the rifles in 2011 and 2012. |
No formal charges have been brought against him yet. | |
He is being held without bail at a detention centre in Riverside, California, the Washington Post reports, with his first hearing scheduled for 21 January. | |
Federal authorities have said he is cooperating with the investigation. | |
Mr Marquez, a convert to Islam, is a relative of Farook by marriage. Last year, he married Tashfeen Malik's sister. | |
Federal agents raided his mother's home, where he had been living, three days after the attack. | |
Investigators are looking into whether he and Farook were planning an attack in 2012 but decided not to follow through because of terrorism-related arrests in the area. |