Two gunmen aged 17 and 18 carried out a shooting attack at a mosque in the southern Californian city of San Diego on Monday, killing three men and then themselves.
The shooting is being investigated as a hate crime, with the two suspects reported by police to have engaged in "generalized hate rhetoric."The shooting triggered a large police deploymentImage: Mike Blake/REUTERS
What happened in the attack?
Police said the shooting at the mosque was preceded by a call by the mother of one of the shooters to police in the morning saying that the boy had run away with her weapons and vehicle and that she feared he was suicidal.As police were searching for the boy, additionally alarmed by information that he was dressed in camouflage and had a companion, reports arrived of a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the city center.
When police arrived, more shots were fired a few blocks away.
