March 29, 2024 20:51 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi to kickstart BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign from Meerut | Kangana Ranaut in Mandi: 'Don't think I am a heroine, consider me as your sister and daughter' | Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav demand high-level probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death | PM Modi has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge | Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest at 63
New York imam killing: One arrested

New York imam killing: One arrested

India Blooms News Service | | 16 Aug 2016, 09:42 am
New York, Aug 16 (IBNS): A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of an imam and his assistant in New York, media reports said.

According to reports, the arrested man has  been charged with two counts of second-degree murder.

The suspect has been identified as Oscar Morel.

The suspect, Oscar Morel, 35, had been originally arrested Sunday night on charges related to a hit-and-run accident, NYPD Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce was quoted as saying by CNN during a press conference.

Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, Thara Uddin, 64, were gunned down on Saturday.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.