Shia-Sunni communities hold joint press conference after Albuquerque Muslim killings Following days of tension in the US Muslim community following the killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque by a serial killer, a man was arrested on Tuesday in what appears to be murders by a Sunni motivated by anti-Shia hatred.

August 10, 2022   

(New Arab) Following the arrest of the main suspect in the killing of Muslim men in Albuquerque — an Afghan Sunni immigrant who allegedly murdered four Shia Muslims — the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a press conference Tuesday evening in Washington hosted by leaders of local Sunni and Shia organisations.

The gathering took place just hours after the suspect, Muhammad Syed, 51, was announced by law enforcement in New Mexico to be charged with two of the four murders, due to bullet casings found at the crime scene connected to a gun found at his home.

He is also the prime suspect in the two other killings, which continue to be investigated. He was taken into custody following a traffic stop the previous day.

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