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The three American Muslim students were shot dead near the University of North Carolina.
Police claim a parking dispute could have sparked the massacre. Religious groups call for the case to investigated as a hate crime.
The father of the two Muslim women who were killed in cold blood alongside a Muslim man has told local media that he believes the killings were a hate crime.
“This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far,” said Mohammad Abu-Salha, a psychiatrist in Clayton.
“It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” Abu-Salha told a Raleigh, North Carolina-based newspaper.
Police however, believe that an ongoing dispute over parking may have been the cause of the massacre of a young Muslim family in North Carolina.
The family of three was found dead Tuesday evening after police responded to a report of gunshots in a normally quiet neighborhood in Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill police charged Craig Stephen Hicks with first degree murder Wednesday after the 47-year-old handed himself in to officers.
The victims have since been identified as Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, according to the U.K.’s Independent newspaper.
According to Hicks’ social media pages, he is an atheist, and often attacked religious readings. The three victims were Muslim.
Religious groups are calling on police to investigate the case as a hate crime.
“Based on the brutal nature of this crime, the past anti-religion statements of the alleged perpetrator, the religious attire of two of the victims and the rising anti-Muslim rhetoric in American society, we urge state and federal law enforcement authorities to quickly address speculation of a possible bias motive in this case,” Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations National Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement.
“Our heartfelt condolences go to the families and loved ones of the victims and to the local community.”
“This was not a dispute over a parking space; this was a hate crime. This man had picked on my daughter and her husband a couple of times before, and he talked with them with his gun in his belt. And they were uncomfortable with him, but they did not know he would go this far,” said Mohammad Abu-Salha, a psychiatrist in Clayton.
“It was execution style, a bullet in every head,” Abu-Salha told a Raleigh, North Carolina-based newspaper.
Police however, believe that an ongoing dispute over parking may have been the cause of the massacre of a young Muslim family in North Carolina.
The family of three was found dead Tuesday evening after police responded to a report of gunshots in a normally quiet neighborhood in Chapel Hill.
Chapel Hill police charged Craig Stephen Hicks with first degree murder Wednesday after the 47-year-old handed himself in to officers.
The victims have since been identified as Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, according to the U.K.’s Independent newspaper.
According to Hicks’ social media pages, he is an atheist, and often attacked religious readings. The three victims were Muslim.
Religious groups are calling on police to investigate the case as a hate crime.
“Based on the brutal nature of this crime, the past anti-religion statements of the alleged perpetrator, the religious attire of two of the victims and the rising anti-Muslim rhetoric in American society, we urge state and federal law enforcement authorities to quickly address speculation of a possible bias motive in this case,” Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations National Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement.
“Our heartfelt condolences go to the families and loved ones of the victims and to the local community.”
Our prayers are with the families of the #ChapelHillShooting Deah Barakat, Yusor&Razan AbuSalha. #MuslimLivesMatter
08:38 – 11 feb 2015 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, الامارات العربية المتحدة
One of Barakat’s last tweets late last month appeared to condemn religious violence.
The shooting has already sparked an online furor, which social media users using #ChapelHillShooting to question why the incident has garnered little media attention.
It’s so freaking sad to hear people saying we should “kill Jews” or “Kill Palestinians”. As if that’s going to solve anything SMH
This should be the number one trend worldwide !["</p]( "Índice señalando hacia la derecha")
