Insiden tembakan di masjid San Diego: 5 maut, termasuk 2 suspek remaja

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Insiden tembakan di masjid San Diego: 5 maut, termasuk 2 suspek remaja
Mei 19, 2026 @ 8:01am

Anggota komuniti Muslim di lokasi kejadian di San Diego, California, Amerika Syarikat, 18 Mei 2026. - Foto REUTERS

SAN DIEGO: Tiga maut termasuk seorang pengawal keselamatan selepas dua remaja lelaki bersenjata melepaskan tembakan di Pusat Islam San Diego, California, pada Isnin, dalam kejadian yang kini disiasat pihak berkuasa sebagai jenayah kebencian.

Ketua Polis San Diego, Scott Wahl, mengesahkan dua penyerang remaja berkenaan melepaskan tembakan di luar masjid berkenaan, mengorbankan tiga lelaki termasuk seorang pengawal keselamatan, sebelum kedua-dua suspek ditemui mati dipercayai akibat membunuh diri.

Beliau berkata, semua kanak-kanak yang menghadiri sekolah harian di pusat itu yang juga masjid terbesar di wilayah berhampiran sempadan Mexico, dilaporkan selamat dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 12 tengah hari waktu tempatan (7 pagi waktu Malaysia).

Wahl memaklumkan Biro Siasatan Persekutuan (FBI) sudah dipanggil untuk membantu siasatan.

Setakat ini, motif kejadian masih belum dikenal pasti.

Insiden itu berlaku seminggu sebelum umat Islam menyambut Aidiladha serta musim kemuncak ibadah haji di Makkah, Arab Saudi.

"Kami tidak pernah mengalami tragedi seperti ini sebelum ini. Ia adalah tindakan yang sangat melampau kerana menyasarkan tempat ibadat," kata Imam dan Pengarah pusat berkenaan, Taha Hassane, kepada pemberita.

Puluhan anggota penguat kuasa yang dikejarkan ke lokasi kejadian menemui mayat tiga lelaki di luar bangunan.

Pihak berkuasa memuji tindakan pengawal keselamatan yang terkorban kerana berjaya menghalang insiden menjadi lebih buruk.

Beliau berkata, polis menemui mayat dua remaja lelaki masing-masing berusia 17 dan 19 tahun di dalam sebuah kenderaan di tengah jalan, dengan kesan tembakan sendiri.

Pada masa yang sama ketika polis sedang bertindak balas terhadap insiden di masjid tersebut, beberapa das tembakan turut dilepaskan ke arah seorang pekerja landskap beberapa blok dari lokasi kejadian.

Bagaimanapun, pekerja itu tidak cedera dan pihak berkuasa masih menyiasat sama ada kedua-dua insiden itu mempunyai kaitan.

Wahl berkata, seramai 50 hingga 100 anggota polis dari seluruh kawasan San Diego dikerahkan ke lokasi dalam tempoh empat minit selepas menerima panggilan kecemasan mengenai kehadiran penyerang aktif.

Masjid berkenaan terletak di daerah komersial dan perumahan Clairemont.

Rakaman stesen televisyen tempatan menunjukkan puluhan kereta peronda berada di atas jambatan lebuh raya berhampiran pusat itu, dengan anggota polis mengacukan raifal ke arah kompleks berkenaan.

Anggota polis berpakaian taktikal lengkap bersenjata turut kelihatan berada di atas bumbung masjid berhampiran kubah bagi mengawal keadaan.

Bagaimanapun, Wahl mengesahkan tiada sebarang tembakan dilepaskan oleh pihak penguat kuasa sepanjang operasi itu.

Pusat Islam di Clairemont adalah masjid terbesar di San Diego dan menempatkan Bright Horizon Academy, sebuah sekolah yang menyediakan pendidikan Islam.

Walaupun insiden keganasan bersenjata kerap berlaku di tempat awam di Amerika Syarikat, komuniti Islam dan Yahudi di negara itu kini dilaporkan berada dalam keadaan semakin bimbang.

Ketegangan itu meningkat sejak tentera AS dan Israel melancarkan serangan udara ke atas Iran pada 28 Februari lalu, yang mencetuskan perang berlarutan di rantau Asia Barat. - REUTERS

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What we know about the San Diego shooting victims, suspects, possible motive and more

The police chief described the shooting, which left three people dead, as “every community’s worst nightmare.”

May 19, 2026, 9:18 AM GMT+8 / Updated May 19, 2026, 9:43 AM GMT+8
By Tim Stelloh

Police respond to reports of an active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego.

Two teenage gunmen are believed to have killed three people at a San Diego mosque Monday before they took their own lives, authorities said.

Investigators are working to determine a motive, but the San Diego police chief said the violence was being investigated as a possible hate crime.

Chief Scott Wahl said the event was “every community’s worst nightmare.”

Here’s what we know about the shootings.

The victims
Authorities responded to a report of an active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego, described on the center’s website as the largest mosque in San Diego County, at 11:43 a.m., Wahl said.

The mosque is in San Diego’s Clairemont neighborhood, roughly 8 miles north of downtown.

Officers arrived four minutes later and found three men dead in front of the mosque, Wahl said.

One of the men was a security guard who Wahl said was “pivotal” in preventing more bloodshed.

“At this point, I think it’s fair to say his actions were heroic,” Wahl said. “Undoubtedly, he saved lives today.”

San Diego mosque shooting

The victims were not identified Monday.

An imam from the Islamic Center said all teachers, students and other school staff members who were at the mosque were safe.

As the officers deployed what Wahl described as an active shooter response at the mosque and at an adjacent school, more gunfire was reported blocks away, he said.

A landscaper who was working in the area was shot at but not struck, Wahl said.

Where were the suspects found?

Less than a quarter-mile from the landscaper, police found a vehicle in the middle of the street with the two teenagers believed to be the shooters inside, Wahl said.

Both are believed to have died by self-inflicted gunshot wounds, he said.

Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation and a federal law enforcement official identified the suspects as Cain Clark, 17, and Caleb Vazquez, 18.

Clark attended high school virtually, but was set to graduate later this month, according to a school district official.

The mother of one of the suspects called police Monday morning and said her son, her firearms and her car were missing, Wahl said.

She described the teen as suicidal and said he was most likely with a friend, Wahl said. Both were “dressed in camo,” he recalled her saying.

Officers were talking with the woman and trying to piece together where her son might be when they learned what was happening at the Islamic center, Wahl said.

They “immediately dispatched themselves to the mosque,” he said.

What we know about a possible motive
The mother told police that her son left a note, Wahl said. He declined to provide additional details about it.

Wahl said “hate rhetoric” was involved in the shooting, which he said is being investigated as a hate crime. Investigators are examining possible anti-Islamic writings found in the teens’ car, two senior law enforcement officials said.

An imam with the mosque, Taha Hassane, said the center had never before experienced a tragedy like Monday’s shooting, and he said it is “outrageous” that someone would target a place of worship.

“People come to the Islamic center to pray, to celebrate, to learn,” he told reporters.

Monday was the first day of Dhul Hijjah, the last month of the Islamic calendar and one of its most sacred periods.

In a news release, the mosque said it will remain closed until further notice.

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Tembakan di Masjid San Diego: Penyiasat Masuk Rumah Suspek Remaja

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Insiden dan Suspek

Dua remaja bersenjata telah melancarkan serangan di Pusat Islam San Diego, menyebabkan tiga lelaki maut.

Kedua-dua suspek kemudian ditemui mati akibat bunuh diri beberapa blok dari lokasi kejadian.

Pihak berkuasa mengenal pasti salah sebuah rumah suspek sebagai lokasi permulaan serangan tersebut. Ejen persekutuan dilihat memasuki rumah itu dengan waran geledah bagi menyiasat motif kejadian.

Penemuan Utama dan Siasatan

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Motif: Penyiasat menemui nota bunuh diri di rumah tersebut. Walaupun nota itu mengandungi retorik kebencian, ia tidak menyatakan ancaman khusus terhadap komuniti berkenaan. Pihak penguat kuasa kini sedang meneliti corak aktiviti media sosial untuk memahami sepenuhnya latar belakang serangan itu.

Kesan Terhadap Komuniti

Salah seorang mangsa merupakan pengawal keselamatan sekolah yang sangat disayangi ramai. Tindakannya disifatkan sebagai berani dan dikreditkan kerana berjaya menyelamatkan nyawa semasa serangan berlaku.

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