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Queens, New York– An imam and his associate were killed Saturday in Queens, NY, shortly after leaving the mosque where they were saying their afternoon prayers. The victims were identified by the NYPD as Imam Maulama Akonjee, 55 and Thara Uddin, 65. Both men were shot at close range in the head, just a block away from the mosque shortly before 2pm. The Imam was pronounced dead at the scene, while Uddin died four hours later at Jamaica Hospital. The shooter, according to Deputy Inspector Henry Sautner from the 106th precinct, remains at large. According to Sautner, the shooter is...

A lone gunman killed a Queens imam and his assistant as the pair walked home from Saturday afternoon prayers, shooting each in the head from close range, cops and witnesses said. Both victims were dressed in Muslim garb when targeted by the shooter, who fled the scene on foot and remained at large. Members of the mosque quickly denounced the double homicide as a hate crime. “That’s not what America is about,” said local resident Khairul Islam, 33. “We blame Donald Trump for this ... Trump and his drama has created Islamophobia.”

He did eight years in prison for torching a Catholic church in Queens, but it didn't take long for Calvin Bostick to return to the scene of his crime. Eleven days after he was set free, Bostick returned to St. Anthony of Padua Church in South Ozone Park, sought out the pastor and allegedly beat him with a cane. "I'm just in shock. I still remember Feb. 15, 1999, when the fire happened. I just don't understand why this man would come back," said parishioner Maria Biordi-Walsh. "He must not like St. Anthony." Bostick, 48, a career felon, confronted the...