'Bank deposit of $28,500 made to Syed Farook two weeks before California shooting'

Fox News claims a deposit was made to Syed Farook's account two weeks before the shooting

INDUSTRIES: A deposit of $28,500 was made to Syed Farook's bank account on November 18, some two weeks before he and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, went on a shooting rampage in San Bernardino, California, Fox News reported on Monday, citing a source close to the investigation.



Investigators were trying to determine whether the transaction, made from Utah-based WebBank.com, was a loan, Fox News said, citing the source.

Farook and Malik killed 14 people and wounded 21 others when they started shooting at a holiday lunch event on December 2.

On or around November 20, Farook withdrew $10,000 of the money in cash and deposited it at a Union Bank branch in San Bernardino, according to the Fox News source, who also told the cable news network that in the days before the shooting, there were at least three transfers of $5,000 each that appeared to be to Farook's mother.



Investigators suspect that Malik, who went to the United States on a fiancee’s visa and spent extended periods of time in both Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, may have radicalised her husband.

The probe is trying to establish if she had contact with Islamic radicals in either country.

Meanwhile, residents of Redlands, a small town east of Los Angeles, are trying to return to their lives after the deadly shootings. The street which is the site of  the carnage has returned to a semblance of normalcy.