San Bernardino Shooting: Policeman Speaks Of Carnage At Scene

One of the first police officers to respond to deadly shootings at a Social Service Centre in California has said it was “unspeakable” carnage at the scene.

Lt. Mike Madden said that he and other officers who arrived later, saw dead bodies and had to pass injured people as they tried to “engage the shooters” on Wednesday.

Officials said that a husband and wife shot dead 14 people and wounded 21 in the city of San Bernardino.

Twenty-eight-year-old Syed Rizwan Farook, and 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik, were killed in a shootout.

Bomb equipment, weapons and thousands of rounds of ammunition were later found in the attackers’ home.

The authorities have still not found a motive for the attack.

Police said the attack indicated there had been “some degree of planning”.

Local Police Chief, Jarrod Burguan, said it appeared that the duo was prepared to carry out another attack.

President Barack Obama said the FBI had taken over the investigation from local authorities.

“It is possible that this was terrorist-related, but we don’t know. It’s also possible that this was workplace-related,” Mr Obama said.

The FBI cautioned that the authorities needed time to investigate.

San Bernardino is the deadliest mass shooting in the US since 26 people were killed at a school in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012.