--- description: Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook were buried according to Islamic tradition in an unknown cemetery guarded by FBI agents on Tuesday title: The San Bernardino Shooters Buried in Traditional Islamic Funeral image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e209c47d4ac61b1/698875ce5f570f8581b1edec/rtx1xr93.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The San Bernardino Shooters Buried in Traditional Islamic Funeral by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 17, 2015 8:58 AM CUT  Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Rizwan Farook are pictured passing through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in this July 27, 2014, handout photo obtained by Reuters on Dec. 8, 2015 Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Rizwan Farook are pictured passing through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in this July 27, 2014, handout photo obtained by Reuters on Dec. 8, 2015US Customs and Border Protection—Handout/Reuters by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 17, 2015 8:58 AM CUT Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook, the shooters behind the San Bernardino, Calif., attack that killed 14 people, were [buried Tuesday](http://in.reuters.com/article/california-shooting-funeral-exclusive-idINKBN0U002F20151217 "undefined") in a quiet funeral guarded by FBI agents, reports Reuters The husband and wife [died in a shootout](http://time.com/4136600/san-bernardino-shooting-isis-isil/ "undefined") with police shortly after carrying out their attack on Dec. 2. The funeral, which was carried out according to Islamic traditions, was sparsely attended — most Muslims in the San Bernardino community expressed their desire to distance themselves from the couple. 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