Imam Maulama Akonjee Case
An imam and his aide were shot dead as they strolled along a road in the New York ward of Queens.
The men were come in from the other side by a man who shot them both in the head, a police representative said.
Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, moved to the city from Bangladesh two years prior, reports in New York said.
Police said there were so far "no signs" the men were focused on due to their confidence.
A man holding a weapon was seen leaving the scene of the shooting in the Ozone Park territory, yet nobody has been captured.
Police said the suspect had a "medium appearance".
Imam Akonjee and his aide Thara Uddin, 64, were shot a short stroll from the al-Furqan Jame mosque at around 13:50 neighborhood time (17:50 GMT) on Saturday. …show more content…
"You would watch him descend the road and watch the peace he brings."
This undated photograph indicates Imam Maulama Akonjee, who was shot dead in New York CityImFriends of Imam Akonjee told media he had quite recently left the mosque after supplications when he was shot. The mosque serves the substantial Bangladeshi people group in Ozone Park.
Many individuals from the adjacent Muslim people group assembled at the scene to illustrate, droning "We need equity".
Some of those going to the rally said the shooting was a scorn wrongdoing, in spite of the fact that police said they were all the while researching the intention.
Milat Uddin, who venerates at the mosque, told Associated Press that powers ought to regard the murdering as a contempt wrongdoing.
"We feel truly unreliable and hazardous in a minute like this," he told CBS New York. "It's truly undermining to us, debilitating to our future, undermining to our versatility in our neighborhood, and we're searching for the equity."
"I comprehend the apprehension since I feel it myself. I comprehend the outrage," said Sarah Sayeed, an individual from New York chairman Bill De Blasio's staff who acts as a contact with Muslim people group. "In any case, it's vital to mount a careful
The men were come in from the other side by a man who shot them both in the head, a police representative said.
Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55, moved to the city from Bangladesh two years prior, reports in New York said.
Police said there were so far "no signs" the men were focused on due to their confidence.
A man holding a weapon was seen leaving the scene of the shooting in the Ozone Park territory, yet nobody has been captured.
Police said the suspect had a "medium appearance".
Imam Akonjee and his aide Thara Uddin, 64, were shot a short stroll from the al-Furqan Jame mosque at around 13:50 neighborhood time (17:50 GMT) on Saturday. …show more content…
"You would watch him descend the road and watch the peace he brings."
This undated photograph indicates Imam Maulama Akonjee, who was shot dead in New York CityImFriends of Imam Akonjee told media he had quite recently left the mosque after supplications when he was shot. The mosque serves the substantial Bangladeshi people group in Ozone Park.
Many individuals from the adjacent Muslim people group assembled at the scene to illustrate, droning "We need equity".
Some of those going to the rally said the shooting was a scorn wrongdoing, in spite of the fact that police said they were all the while researching the intention.
Milat Uddin, who venerates at the mosque, told Associated Press that powers ought to regard the murdering as a contempt wrongdoing.
"We feel truly unreliable and hazardous in a minute like this," he told CBS New York. "It's truly undermining to us, debilitating to our future, undermining to our versatility in our neighborhood, and we're searching for the equity."
"I comprehend the apprehension since I feel it myself. I comprehend the outrage," said Sarah Sayeed, an individual from New York chairman Bill De Blasio's staff who acts as a contact with Muslim people group. "In any case, it's vital to mount a careful