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Man charged in murder of New York imam, friend
NEW YORK: A man suspected of gunning down an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque was arrested and charged with murder late on Monday night, said
Published on: Aug 17, 2016, 09:05:38 IST
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NEW YORK: A man suspected of gunning down an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque was arrested and charged with murder late on Monday night, said police, who have not yet released a motive for the shooting deaths. Police charged Oscar Morel, 35, with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the Saturday afternoon slayings of Imam Maulana Alauddin Akonjee and Thara Uddin near the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in the Ozone Park neighbourhood of Queens. Officers took Morel into custody late Sunday night outside a Brooklyn apartment.
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