August 15, 2016
By Thomas Tracy, John Annese, Ellen Moynihan, Ross Keith, Rocco Parascandola and Stephen Rex Brown
As a point of order, I think in this case "Maulama" or "Mawlama" is a title and not a first name.
The killer (click here) who crept up behind an imam and his friend near a Queens mosque and shot both men in the head may have been settling a score in a feud between Muslims and Hispanics, police sources said early Monday.
I find it very odd a leader of a Mosque would be involved with gang warfare.
And he may have left behind another victim who unwittingly held the clue that solved the crime, the sources said.
The suspected killer was taken into custody Sunday night but had not been charged or identified, according to the sources. Police officials would not confirm whether a suspect was nabbed.
Video of the horrific Saturday afternoon murders of mosque leader Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 65, at Liberty Ave. and 79th St. in Ozone Park showed the brazen crime to be a planned execution....
By Thomas Tracy, John Annese, Ellen Moynihan, Ross Keith, Rocco Parascandola and Stephen Rex Brown
As a point of order, I think in this case "Maulama" or "Mawlama" is a title and not a first name.
The killer (click here) who crept up behind an imam and his friend near a Queens mosque and shot both men in the head may have been settling a score in a feud between Muslims and Hispanics, police sources said early Monday.
I find it very odd a leader of a Mosque would be involved with gang warfare.
And he may have left behind another victim who unwittingly held the clue that solved the crime, the sources said.
The suspected killer was taken into custody Sunday night but had not been charged or identified, according to the sources. Police officials would not confirm whether a suspect was nabbed.
Video of the horrific Saturday afternoon murders of mosque leader Maulama Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 65, at Liberty Ave. and 79th St. in Ozone Park showed the brazen crime to be a planned execution....
