FBI Says San Diego Mosque Shooters Were ‘Radicalized’ Online

Authorities said the ‌17- and 18-year-old assailants were believed to have met online and were radicalized by hate-related ideology on the internet.
FBI Says San Diego Mosque Shooters Were ‘Radicalized’ Online
People carry weapons at the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego in San Diego on May 18, 2026. Gregory Bull/AP Photo
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Two teenagers who fatally shot three people during an attack on a mosque in San Diego, California, were “radicalized” online, authorities said during a May 19 news conference in which they credited those who were slain in the incident for putting themselves in harm’s way to save others.

Authorities disclosed that the ‌17- and 18-year-old assailants, who took their own lives shortly after the May 18 shooting, were believed to have met online and were radicalized by hate-related ideology on the internet.

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Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.