Dead fire the imam of Queens in New York
An imam and his assistant were killed yesterday by fire of a stranger near the New York mosque, police said, which has yet to determine the motives of the offender.
The 55 year old imam Mola Akontzi and 64chronos assistant Tara Udine shot in the head shortly before 14:00 local time (21:00 GMT) in the working class neighborhood Ozone Park, Queens.
The two people to hospital Jamaica, where found the death of Imam Akontzi and died from his injuries assistant Udine, stated police spokesman to AFP.
The police informed that at present do not know the motives of the perpetrator.
"Nothing indicates that the preliminary investigation were targeted because of their faith," police said.
The suspect in the crime, who escapes, approached the two victims from behind. Eyewitnesses saw him after the shooting to be removed from the crime scene with a revolver.
According to US media, the two men were killed while coming out of the mosque Masjid Al Furkan James after praying with religious attire.
"When a religious officer killed in broad daylight on the streets of Queens, we must remain united as a community and to demand justice!" He wrote on Twitter the representative of the district in the city council Eric Ulrik.
According to pictures posted on Twitter, dozens of people gathered last night near the crime scene, shouting: "We want justice."
"Imagine your father to be killed without reason (...) When silent we allow these crimes to continue," the Afaf Nasser, director of the main American League defending Muslims CAIR (Council of American-Islamic Relations said parallel) to the area new York.
An important Muslim community, mainly from Bangladesh, has lived in Ozone Park.
An imam and his assistant were killed yesterday by fire of a stranger near the New York mosque, police said, which has yet to determine the motives of the offender.
The 55 year old imam Mola Akontzi and 64chronos assistant Tara Udine shot in the head shortly before 14:00 local time (21:00 GMT) in the working class neighborhood Ozone Park, Queens.
The two people to hospital Jamaica, where found the death of Imam Akontzi and died from his injuries assistant Udine, stated police spokesman to AFP.
The police informed that at present do not know the motives of the perpetrator.
"Nothing indicates that the preliminary investigation were targeted because of their faith," police said.
The suspect in the crime, who escapes, approached the two victims from behind. Eyewitnesses saw him after the shooting to be removed from the crime scene with a revolver.
According to US media, the two men were killed while coming out of the mosque Masjid Al Furkan James after praying with religious attire.
"When a religious officer killed in broad daylight on the streets of Queens, we must remain united as a community and to demand justice!" He wrote on Twitter the representative of the district in the city council Eric Ulrik.
According to pictures posted on Twitter, dozens of people gathered last night near the crime scene, shouting: "We want justice."
"Imagine your father to be killed without reason (...) When silent we allow these crimes to continue," the Afaf Nasser, director of the main American League defending Muslims CAIR (Council of American-Islamic Relations said parallel) to the area new York.
An important Muslim community, mainly from Bangladesh, has lived in Ozone Park.
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