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A man has been detained and charged with murdering two Muslim men, Albuquerque police announced Tuesday. Four Muslim men have been killed in the city since November, and authorities believe the suspect may eventually be charged in the other two murders.
Muhammad Syed, 51, was identified as the "primary suspect in the recent murders of Muslim men," police said Tuesday, and charged with murdering Aftab Hussein on July 26, and Muhammad Afzaal Hussian on Aug. 1. Detectives connected the two cases using bullet casings found at the two scenes.
Federal authorities believe a son of the man accused in the high-profile shootings of Muslim men around Albuquerque may have played a role in at least one of the killings alongside his father.
Shaheen Syed as seen in a 2021 Florida driver’s license. (Source: U.S. District Court court records)
Shaheen Syed, 21, who used to go by “Maiwand Syed,” is in federal custody and charged with providing a false address when he bought a gun in June 2021, allegedly saying he was a Florida resident.
According to a motion to detain Syed filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico, cellphone records show he possibly helped his father surveil Naeem Hussain, 25, before Hussain was fatally shot on Aug. 5 outside a refugee services center in Albuquerque.
Shaheen Syed came under the eyes of law enforcement after his father, 51-year-old Muhammad Atif Syed, was charged with two open counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Aftab Hussein, 41, on July 26 and Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, on Aug. 1. Authorities say Muhammad Afzaal Hussain was shot at with two guns and police matched casings found at the scene of both homicides to a pistol and rifle found in Muhammad Syed’s home and car.
originally posted by: tamusan
a reply to: putnam6
It was first reported as Sunni verses Shia hate. Then it changed to the dude was unhappy about who his daughter married.
originally posted by: IAMALLYETALLIAM
originally posted by: tamusan
a reply to: putnam6
It was first reported as Sunni verses Shia hate. Then it changed to the dude was unhappy about who his daughter married.
I read it’s for both reasons. His daughter married a Shi’ite and he was unhappy about that because they are Sunni’s.
My memory may fail me, could of been the other way around though either way it was because his daughter married someone of the opposite sect of the same religion.
Absolute insanity.