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Who is the suspect in the Albuquerque Muslim killings?

Who is the suspect in the Albuquerque Muslim killings?
ALL THREE OF THE CASES WERE THROWN OUT OF COURTS. MUHAMMAD SAEED HAS NOT BEEN IN NEW MEXICO VERY LONG. INFORMATION SHOWS US HE’S FROM AFGHANISTAN. WE THINK HE CAME IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO THE UNITED STATES IN THAT TIME, HE HAS THREE ARRESTS FOR BATTERY IN WHICH HE WAS ACCUSED OF ATTACKING FAMILY MEMBERS. AND ANOTHER BUST FOR EVADING POLICE. THAT’S OUR ONLY KNOWN HISTORY WITH HIM. LOCALLY. SO HIS FIRST ARREST WAS IN DECEMBER 2017. POLICE SAY HE HAD ATTACKED HIS DAUGHTER’S FIANCEE. THE VICTIM TELLING POLICE IT’S BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WAT HIM HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS DAUGHTER. SIX MONTHS LATER, COURT RECORDS SHOW HE WAS ARRESTED AGAIN ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES. POLICE SAY HE PULLED HIS WIFE BY THE HAIR, KICKED HER OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND MADE HER WALK. THEN LATER GRABBED HER BY THE HAIR AGAIN AND THREW HER TO THE GROUND. SEVEN MONTHS LATER, SAEED SON CALLED 911 AND REPORTED HIS FATHER WAS HITTING HIM AND HIS MOTHER WITH A METAL SPOON. THE SON TOLD POLICE SAEED ROUTINELY BEATS HIM AND HIS MOM. IN FEBRUARY 2020, SAEED WAS ARRESTED AGAIN AFTER OFFICERS SAW HIM RUN A RED LIGHT AND HE WOULDN’T IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER. HE DOES HAVE A FEW MINOR MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO SOME OTHER MISDEMEANORS BY THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. COUR
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Who is the suspect in the Albuquerque Muslim killings?
Albuquerque Police have arrested 51-year-old Muhammad Atif Syed and charged him with 2 of the 4 recent killings of members of Albuquerque's Muslim community. Target 7 dug into Muhammad Atif Syed's history and found he has been booked into jail four different times. Each case Syed was charged in was ultimately dismissed. Syed's first arrest came in December of 2017 when police say he attacked his daughter's fiancé. His next charge came six months later when court records show he was arrested for domestic violence. In that case, police say he grabbed his wife by her hair and threw her to the ground. Seven months after that, Syed's son called 9-1-1 to report his father was hitting him and his mother with a metal spoon. The son told police Syed occasionally hit him and his mother. In February of 2020, court records show Syed was arrested after officers saw him run a red light. Syed wouldn't immediately pull over. Court records show all three cases were dismissed. The domestic violence cases were dismissed after Syed agreed to meet certain conditions. The other domestic violence case was thrown out because the victims would not testify. The officer didn't show up for court in the February 2020 case.

Albuquerque Police have arrested 51-year-old Muhammad Atif Syed and charged him with 2 of the 4 recent killings of members of Albuquerque's Muslim community.

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Target 7 dug into Muhammad Atif Syed's history and found he has been booked into jail four different times. Each case Syed was charged in was ultimately dismissed.

Syed's first arrest came in December of 2017 when police say he attacked his daughter's fiancé. His next charge came six months later when court records show he was arrested for domestic violence. In that case, police say he grabbed his wife by her hair and threw her to the ground.

Seven months after that, Syed's son called 9-1-1 to report his father was hitting him and his mother with a metal spoon. The son told police Syed occasionally hit him and his mother.

In February of 2020, court records show Syed was arrested after officers saw him run a red light. Syed wouldn't immediately pull over.

Court records show all three cases were dismissed.

The domestic violence cases were dismissed after Syed agreed to meet certain conditions. The other domestic violence case was thrown out because the victims would not testify. The officer didn't show up for court in the February 2020 case.