SANTA FE: Four Muslims, including two Pakistanis, have been killed in the US state of New Mexico.
The police have arrested the main accused in the murder charge, for which help has been taken from the Muslim community.
According to the details, the American police arrested 51-year-old Muhammad Syed on the charge of killing four people. When the house of the accused was raided, evidence related to the murder was also recovered.
The New Mexico police said that the Muslim community cooperated in arresting the suspect. Apart from Pakistan, the four Muslims who were killed belonged to Afghanistan. According to the authorities, two killed were Pakistani and two were Afghan citizens.
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The police are investigating all four murders in a single context. After the arrest of the main accused, the search for his possible accomplices was started. All four Muslims were subjected to target killing.
In his message on the social networking website Twitter three days ago today, US President Joe Biden said that he is saddened and angry over the killing of four Muslim citizens in New Mexico.
I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque. While we await a full investigation, my prayers are with the victims’ families, and my Administration stands strongly with the Muslim community.
These hateful attacks have no place in America.
— President Biden (@POTUS) August 7, 2022
President Joe Biden openly condemned the killing of Muslims and said that my prayers are with the affected families. “Our government stands with the Muslim community. America has no place for such hateful attacks,” he said.
