Gunman Executes Imam & His Assistant As They Walked domestic After Prayers In ny

An imam and his assistant were shot and killed in large sunlight hours as they walked home from a mosque in Queens.

Police mentioned a gunman walked as much as non secular chief, Maulama Akonjee, 55, on Saturday afternoon as he and his assistant, Thara Uddin, sixty four, were leaving the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in Ozone Park.

both guys have been rushed to Jamaica clinic, the place Akonjee, a married father-of-three, changed into suggested lifeless&duration; His assistant died about fours later&duration;

Imam Akonjee became described as a revered spiritual leader&length; He got here to Queens from Bangladesh a little less than two years ago, in line with the long island daily news&length;

prior on Saturday, presently after the shooting, a crowd of indignant Muslim guys gathered at the scene insisting it was a hate crime, announcing the two men had been in particular targeted&length;

it's no longer what the usa is ready,' native resident Khairul Islam instructed the newspaper&length;

'We blame Donald Trump for this .&length;&duration; Trump and his drama has created Islamophobia.'