Police say they found a dozen pipe bombs and nearly 5,000 rounds of ammunition at the home of the husband and wife behind Wednesday's mass shooting in southern California.
San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik also had tools that could be used to make improvised explosive devices at their Redlands house.
He told reporters the couple had sprayed between 65 and 75 rounds on Wednesday morning at a social services centre in San Bernardino, killing 14 people and injuring 21 others.
The victims, ranging in age from 26 to 60, have been named as Shannon Johnson, Bennetta Bet-Badal, Aurora Godoy, Isaac Amanios, Larry Kaufman, Harry Bowman, Yvette Velasco, Sierra Clayborn, Robert Adams, Nicholas Thalasinos, Tin Nguyen, Juan Espinoza, Damian Meins, and Michael Wetzel.
Farook, 28, and Malik, 27, left behind three connected pipe bombs which were designed to be operated by a toy car remote control, but didn't work.
The suspects fired another 76 rifle rounds at police in a car chase after the massacre.
They had more than 1,600 bullets with them when they were gunned down in their rented black Ford Expedition.
David Bowdich, assistant director of FBI Los Angeles office, would not comment explicitly on reports that Farook may have been radicalised and was communicating with suspected terrorists.
"There was obviously a mission here," he told journalists. "We do not know why."
Two officers were injured, one of whom was shot in the leg and another who was hurt by flying glass or shrapnel.
Farook, the son of Pakistani immigrants, had travelled to Saudi Arabia and returned with his new wife, after meeting her online.
Malik, a Pakistan passport
Source:news.sky.com/story/1599426/bombs-and-ammo-at-california-attackers-home
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