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San Diego mosque shooters radicalized online, says FBI

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San Diego mosque shooters radicalized online, says FBI

Two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a San Diego mosque were radicalized online where they first met and shared white supremacist views, according to authorities and writings they authored. The 17- and 18-year-old assailants took their own lives shortly after Monday's shooting.

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