Wikipedia's first sentence called it “two perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the inland regional center in san bernardino”. Today it says “pakistani-american mass murder duo who were the two perpetrators of an islamic terrorist attack at the inland r”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American and Pakistani terrorists Syed”. It now reads “Pakistani-American Muslim terrorists Syed”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Rizwan Farook (June 14, 1987 – December 2, 2015) and Tashfeen Malik (July 13, 1986 – December 2, 2015) were a Pakistani-American mass murder duo who were the two perpetrators of an Islamic terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California , United States on December 2, 2015. In the attack, they killed 14 people and injured 22 others. Both died in a shootout with law enforcement later that day. "Rifles Used in San Bernardino Shooting Illegal Under State Law: Weapons were legally purchased with magazine locking devices, but altered to make them more powerful, ATF finds" . The Wall Street Journal . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2020
In the attack, they killed 14 people and injured 22 others. Both died in a shootout by law enforcement later that same day. "Rifles Used in San Bernardino Shooting Illegal Under State Law: Weapons were legally purchased with magazine locking devices but altered to make them more powerful, ATF finds" . The Wall Street Journal . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
American and Pakistani terrorists Syed Rizwan Farook (June 14, 1987 – December 2, 2015) and Tashfeen Malik (July 13, 1986 – December 2, 2015) were a Pakistani-American mass murder duo who were the two perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California , United States on December 2, 2015. In the attack, they killed 14 people and injured 22 others. Both died in a shootout with law enforcement later that day. "Rifles Used in San Bernardino Shooting Illegal Under State Law: Weapons were legally purchased with magazine locking devices, but altered to make them more powerful, ATF finds" . The Wall Street Journal . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “two perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the inland regional center in san bernardino”. Today it says “pakistani-american mass murder duo who were the two perpetrators of an islamic terrorist attack at the inland r”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American and Pakistani terrorists Syed”. It now reads “Pakistani-American Muslim terrorists Syed”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
two perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the inland regional center in san bernardino
Now
pakistani-american mass murder duo who were the two perpetrators of an islamic terrorist attack at the inland r
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