Afghan Refugee Convicted in New Mexico Murder

Published on March 20, 2024

A New Mexico jury on Monday found an Afghan asylum seeker guilty of murdering a Pakistani immigrant in one of three ambush-style shootings of Muslim men in the state’s largest city during the summer of 2022. Muhammad Syed, 53, faces life imprisonment for the first-degree murder of 41-year-old Aftab Hussein who was found dead in southeast Albuquerque on July 26, 2022, next to a vehicle that police said had been shot up. Mr. Syed is charged with the two other 2022 killings that some national Muslim groups and media linked to sectarian violence, but police and Albuquerque’s Islamic community blamed on interpersonal feuds. “As best we can tell, the motive in this may truly be a random serial killer type of mentality that we will never understand,” prosecuting attorney David Waymire told reporters after the verdict....

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