Series of murders of Muslims: US police arrest suspect
According to the current status, the police assume that the arrested person is responsible for the series of murders of the Muslims (symbol image). photo
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Four murders of Muslims in the past nine months have caused a stir in the US city of Albuquerque. Now the police are reporting the arrest of a “prime suspect”.
After the series of murders of Muslims, the police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, arrested a suspect.
The vehicle suspected of being linked to the recent murder of a Muslim man in Albuquerque has been located, police chief Harold Medina said on Twitter. The driver was arrested. He is the “prime suspect” in the murder cases.
Albuquerque police said Saturday night they are investigating a murder of a Muslim man that may be linked to three similar acts in the city. In all four cases over the past nine months, the murdered were Muslim men from South Asia. The federal police FBI support the local police in the investigation. The three most recent murders occurred within a two-week span and caused an uproar in the city.