Albuquerque Police Looking For Car Linked To Killings Of 4 Muslim Men

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating whether or not the killings of 4 Muslim males are related stated Sunday that they need assistance discovering a car believed to be related to the deaths in New Mexico’s largest town.

Albuquerque police stated they launched photographs of the car suspected of getting used within the 4 homicides, hoping folks might assist establish the automobile. Police stated the car sought is a darkish grey or silver four-door Volkswagen with darkish tinted home windows, and seems to be a Jetta.

Police didn't say the place the pictures had been taken or what led them to suspect the automobile was concerned in any of the crimes.

“We have now a really, very sturdy hyperlink,” Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller stated Sunday. “We have now a car of curiosity … We have now received to seek out this car.”

Police nonetheless are attempting to find out if there are any connections among the many killings. A Muslim man was killed Friday evening in Albuquerque and ambush shootings killed three Muslim males over the previous 9 months.

Police stated Saturday that the sufferer within the newest killing was a Muslim from South Asia who's believed to be in his mid-20s.

The person, whose id hasn’t but been confirmed by investigators, was discovered useless after police obtained a name of a capturing.

This Needed poster launched Sunday, Aug 7, 2022, by the Albuquerque Police Division exhibits a car suspected of getting used as a conveyance within the latest homicides of 4 Muslim males in Albuquerque, N.M. Police investigating whether or not the killings are related say they need assistance discovering the car believed to be related to the deaths. Police say the car sought is a darkish grey or silver, four-door Volkswagen Jetta with darkish tinted home windows. (Albuquerque Police Division by way of AP)

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Earlier this week, police confirmed that native detectives and federal legislation enforcement officers had been searching for attainable ties among the many separate crimes.

Two of the boys — Muhammed Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41 — had been killed up to now week, and each had been from Pakistan and members of the identical mosque. The third case entails the November killing of Mohammad Ahmadi, 62, a Muslim man of South Asian descent.

Police declined to say whether or not Friday evening’s murder was carried out in a approach just like the opposite deaths.

Authorities stated they will’t say but if the shootings had been hate crimes till they've recognized a suspect and might decide a motive.

“We'll carry this particular person or these individuals to justice,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham stated Sunday.