The announcement came just a few hours ago Thursday from the FBI, Metro, and the governor. The tapes were found last month during the arrest of a Pakistani man named Kamryn Akhtar Shaik. He was arrested in Charlotte, North Carolina just a couple weeks ago after he was seen videotaping sky scrapers there. The feds raided his New York apartment, they found videos of Las Vegas.
They look like another video found in a prior case from Detroit that shows video of various casinos on the Strip. So far investigators have only scrolled through these new tapes. They are now in the process of translating them and analyzing them for threats. The feds said they were made in 2003 and 2004 and one tape is entirely Las Vegas.
The FBI said there remains no credible threat made specifically to our Valley. Although there were other people are seen in these videos with Akhtar Sheik; their wherabouts and identities right now remain unknown.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Charlotte-area Muslims are concerned that the arrest of a Pakistani native seen videotaping the city's skyscrapers -- and how officials reacted -- could turn all Muslims into suspects.
"Everything we hear makes our community cringe," said Mohammad Ismail, a Charlotte architect and Palestinian-American. "This is our community also, and we don't like to be perceived as targets of people to be on the lookout against us. I think our (city) leadership did not really pay attention to the possibility of a backlash."
Some Muslims said they worry that Mayor Pat McCrory's warning to residents to watch out for people wearing layers of clothing in hot weather could target those in traditional Islamic clothing. About 8,000 Muslims live in the Charlotte area.
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