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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Leaders believe killer targeting Muslims in New Mexico motivated by sectarian anger

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Community leaders in Albuquerque, New Mexico, believe the man arrested as the “primary suspect” in the killings of four Muslim men in recent months may have targeted his victims out of sectarian hate.

Ahmad Assed, president of the Islamic Center of New Mexico, said officials had told him that the suspect, Muhammad Syed, 51, targeted the men because he was angry over his daughter marrying a Shiite Muslim man, The New York Times report.

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