{"id":17767,"date":"2022-08-23T10:32:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T10:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=17767"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:32:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T10:32:41","slug":"afghan-refugee-charged-with-third-new-mexico-muslim-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/undergroundnews.co.uk\/?p=17767&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Afghan refugee charged with third New Mexico Muslim murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Prosecutors link Syed to August 5 murder through cell phone evidence.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Police previously charged him with July 26 and Aug 1 killings.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Killings are primarily connected to personal feuds or revenge.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-cnvs-separator-id-1661250532039\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A New Mexico grand jury on Monday charged Muhammad Syed, an Afghan refugee, with the murder of a third Muslim man in ambush shootings that have shaken the immigrant community in the state\u2019s largest city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cell phone evidence allowed prosecutors to link Syed, 51, to the August 5 murder of truck business owner Naeem Hussain in Albuquerque, the Bernalillo County District Attorney\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police previously charged Syed with the killings of cafe employee Aftab Hussein on July 26 and urban planning director Muhammad Afzaal Hussain on August 1 in the same area of southeast Albuquerque.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAdditional evidence deriving from cell phones came to light enabling us to present the homicide of Naeem Hussain to the Grand Jury,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grand jury indictment charged Syed with three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of tampering with evidence for the killings of the immigrants of Pakistani and Afghan descent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas Clark, an attorney for Syed, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police have said Syed is the primary suspect in a fourth murder, that of the grocery store and cafe owner Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District Attorney Raul Torrez\u2019s office said it was working with police to investigate Syed\u2019s possible involvement with Ahmadi\u2019s homicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Muslim advocacy groups have said the murders may have been driven by inter-Muslim sectarian hate. However, people who knew both the victims and Syed said the killings were primarily connected to personal feuds or revenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand juries operate in secrecy and are often used by prosecutors to allow witnesses to speak freely without fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal prosecutors have linked Syed\u2019s 21-year-old son to the August 5 murder of Hussain.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mishaal Arshad C.M Underground News Prosecutors link Syed to August 5 murder through cell phone evidence. 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