New York Man Charged In Slaying Of Muslim Imam, Assistant
A New York man was charged on Monday with second-degree murder in the deaths of a New York Muslim imam and his assistant, who were gunned down at the weekend, a police spokesman said.
The charges against Oscar Morel, 35, of Brooklyn, came just hours after hundreds of mourners gathered for the outdoor funeral of the two men. The killings in the borough of Queens had shocked the neighborhood's Bangladeshi community.
Morel was charged with two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Imam Maulana Akonjee, 55, and Thara Uddin, 64, the police spokesman said.