Officers from the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) in New Mexico and the FBI have arrested Muhammad Syed, 51, in connection with the murders of two other Muslim men in the city.
On Aug. 7, the APD released photos of a Volkswagen vehicle believed to have ties with the murders of four Muslim men over the past year that has put the Islamic community in the region on alert.
“As detectives prepared to search Syed’s home in Southeast Albuquerque on Monday, Syed drove from the residence in the Volkswagon [sic] Jetta that detectives believe was used in at least one of the murders. Detectives detained Syed and searched his home and the vehicle,” an Aug. 9 news release from the department said….