A community leader in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said the man arrested as the "principal suspect" in the murders of four Muslim men in recent months was a religious affiliation. We believe that the victims may have been targeted out of hatred between them.
Ahmad Ased, director of the Islamic Center in New Mexico, said the suspect, Muhammad Saeed, 51, was angry that his daughter had married a Shiite Muslim man. He said he was told by authorities that he targeted a man.The New York Times report. He said he was aware of it, but did not officially identify a hateful motive for the killing, reports The Daily Beast .
Officials arrested Syed, a native of Afghanistan, after connecting him to a Volkswagen sedan believed to be linked to four killings that began in November.
A search of Said's home found a gun believed to have been used in the murder, police said.
He has been charged with his two recent murders that have shocked a city of half a million people. The murder of Muhammad Afzal Hussein, 27. He came to the United States from Pakistan and was the Planning Director for the City of Espanola.was found dead in early August from a gunshot wound. andthe murder of Naeem Hussain, who was shot last Fridayin the parking lot of his NGO in Albuquerque serving refugees and asylum seekers.
Police said on Tuesday that Mr. Saeed was also the prime suspect in two of his other murders. The death of his Afghan cafe worker named Aftab Hussein on July 26, his November murder of 41-year-old Mohammad Ahmadi. Behind the halal market he owned with his brother in November.
"This has been a tough week for our community," said his APD chief Harold Medina in a statement announcing the charges. "But we all worked together to solve these crimes and protect the communities we felt were under attack."
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Local prison records indicated whether Mr. or not showing how he intends to defend himself.
Muslim leaders celebrated the arrest.
"We welcome the arrest of a suspect in this horrific mass shooting and applaud the efforts of law enforcement agencies at the local, state and federal levels," the American Council on Islamic Relations said Tuesday. said in a statement. "I hope the news that this violence has ended brings relief and reassurance to New Mexico's Muslim community." rocked the city proud to welcome
Hundreds of people from Afghanistan settled in Albuquerque after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan.
“No one went to work, no one went out to buy groceries. People canceled meetings. No. Muhammad Imtiaz Hussein, brother of the murdered Muhammad Afzar Hussein, told The Independent.
Local police and the FBI, the New Mexico State Police, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Agency, and the United States Marshals Service are all aiding the investigation.