4 Muslims shot dead in Albuquerque, New Mexico, were ‘targeted killings,’ says governor

• A Muslim man, to date unidentified, was killed on Friday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
• Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27 and Aftab Hussein, 41, had been shot lifeless within the final two weeks.  
• The state’s governor has referred to as them “focused killings,” and the FBI is aiding the investigation.

A person has been shot lifeless in Albuquerque, and he may very well be the most recent sufferer within the suspected serial killing of Muslims in New Mexico’s largest metropolis. 

Albuquerque Police introduced {that a} younger, unidentified Muslim man had been shot and killed on Friday night.

The police didn’t provide every other particulars of the person or disclose the circumstances of the homicide however mentioned he was discovered lifeless on the scene and gave the impression to be in his mid-twenties. 

He was the fourth Muslim man to be killed in a spate of unsolved killings.

Police in New Mexico and federal companies are investigating if the murders are linked, whereas Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham described them as “targeted killings.”

Reuters reviews that within the different current murders of Muslim males in New Mexico’s largest metropolis, the victims had been ambushed and shot with out warning, police mentioned.

Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, a Pakistani immigrant and a planning director for the town of Espanola, was shot lifeless on Monday exterior his Albuquerque house advanced in early August. 

Aftab Hussein, 41, was discovered lifeless of gunshot wounds on July 26 close to Albuquerque’s worldwide district. He attended the identical mosque as Hussain.

The taking pictures of 62-year-old Afghan migrant Mohammad Ahmadi on November 7, 2021, within the parking zone of a halal grocery store he ran is the fourth killing that detectives try to find out whether it is associated to the more moderen homicides, Albuquerque mentioned.

The FBI is aiding within the homicide investigations.

Gov. Grisham mentioned  on Twitter that the killings had been “deeply angering and wholly insupportable.”

She added: We’ll proceed to do all the things we are able to to assist the Muslim neighborhood of Albuquerque and higher New Mexico throughout this tough time. You’re New Mexicans, you might be welcomed right here, and we stand with you.”

The Albuquerque police chief has introduced that there’s a reward of $20,000 for any tip that helps resolve the murders.