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New Mexicolaw enforcement officialsnamed 51-year-old Muhammad Said as the prime suspect in a series of murders of Muslim men in Albuquerque over the past nine months. identified.
Syed was arrested Monday night and charged with two murders, allegedly shooting 41-year-old Aftab Hussein on July 26 and 27-year-old Muhammad Afzaal Hussain in August. 1.
Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina Page said detectives were still investigating and were working with the District Attorney to determinethe other two murders. It said it was deciding whether to file charges in case. Suspect.
Police arrested Said on Monday night as he was leaving home in his Volkswagen Jetta. Authorities believe the Jetta was used in his two murders. His car and home were then searched.
"Detectives found evidence that the perpetrator had some knowledge of the victim, and interpersonal confrontation may have led to the shooting." Albuquerque police said Tuesday.
Albuquerque Police Deputy Chief Investigator Cecily Barker is wanted in connection with the murder of a Muslim man in Albuquerque, N.M., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, as Gov. I have a flyer with a picture of a car. (via Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal AP)
The gun used in at least two of his murders was from Said's house. were also found, police said.
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A total of four men – all Muslims from South Asia – have been ambushed, shot and killed in Albuquerque since November 2021.
The most recent murder occurred on Friday night when it was carried out by Naeem Hussain, a Muslim man from Pakistan. , was found mortally wounded in the area of Truman Street and Grand Avenue.
Muhammad Afzar Hussein Use the Director of Land Espanola City. The mayor said Tuesday marked his first anniversary in office. (City of Espanola)
A third victim, local urban planner Muhammad Afzar Hussein, 27, was shot on 1 August. police said. And earlier, on 26 July 2022 he was mortally wounded by 41-year-old Aftab his Hussein.
A few months earlier, on November 7, 2021, 62-year-old Mohammad Ahmadi was found shot. He was killed in the parking lot behind a halal cafe he owned with his brother on San Mateo Boulevard, according to city officials and local affiliate KRQE-TV.
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Syed's sons Police also said they were questioned and released.
Syed, from Afghanistan,, has been charged with numerous domestic violence and other misdemeanor crimes over the past few years, police said Tuesday.
Brother Aftab Hussein weeps in front at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Friday, August 5, 2022. Funerals for Aftab Hussein, 41, and his 27-year-old Muhammad al-Hussein were held Friday at his center in Islam, New Mexico. (Chancey Bush/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
The hint that led to Syed'sarrest waslater reported to the Muslim community. Photos of the car have been released, according to police.
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ALBUQUERQUE is in custody for the murder of a Muslim man in New Mexico," New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham tweeted on Tuesday. My heartfelt thanks to those loved ones and to all the people of the region.”
Stephanie Pagones is a digital reporter for FOX Business and Fox News. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.pagones@fox.com and her Twitter (@steph_pagones).