Man charged in killings of 2 Muslim men in Albuquerque

Muhammad Syed.
(Image credit: Albuquerque Police Department via AP)

Police in Albuquerque announced on Tuesday that a 51-year-old man named Muhammad Syed has been charged in the recent killings of two Muslim men.

Authorities said Syed, who came to the U.S. from Afghanistan five years ago, is also suspected in two additional slayings of Muslim men. The four victims all attended the same mosque, the Islamic Center of New Mexico, and their deaths rattled Albuquerque's Muslim community. Three of the killings happened within the last two weeks.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.