US President Joe Biden ‘angered and saddened’ by the killing of 4 Muslims in US city
- ‘My Administration stands strongly with the Muslim community. These hateful attacks have no place in America’ President Biden said
- Investigators believe the latest discovery in Albuquerque is connected to three other murders of Muslim men from South Asia
President Joe Biden on Sunday said that he deplored the killings of four Muslim men in New Mexico, which police say may be linked.
“I am angered and saddened by the horrific killings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque,” the US president said on Twitter.
“While we await a full investigation, my prayers are with the victims’ families, and my Administration stands strongly with the Muslim community. These hateful attacks have no place in America.”
Police in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, said on Saturday they are investigating the murders of three Muslim men that they now suspect are related to a fourth death from last year.
The Albuquerque police department said in a statement they had discovered the latest victim overnight on Friday. His body was discovered near a Lutheran Family Services office that provides help to refugees, the television station KOB4 reported.
Police did not identify the man but said he was in his mid-20s, Muslim and “a native from South Asia”.