THREE Muslim students in North Carolina, USA, was shot dead on Tuesday night (10/2). The culprit is a direct 46-year-old man surrendered to police after the incident.
As quoted by CNN, the victim made up of two women and one man, named Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Barakat and Mohammad is married, while Razan is sister Barakat.
This happened in an apartment in Chapel Hill that many students at the University of North Carolina inhabited, UNC. According to police sources, the three were shot dead in the head.
Craig Stephen Hicks -
The culprit is Craig Stephen Hicks, who surrendered after the crime. Police could not confirm the motive offenders, but residents in social media strongly suspect that this incident based religious sentiment.
In social media, Hicks was arrested on three counts of first-degree murder claimed himself an atheist. He never posted anger against a particular religion.
"If the question of contempt, religion started it, not me. If your religion remains shut his mouth, I also will do it, "Hicks wrote in his Facebook account.
Barakat is a second year student of dentistry faculty of the University of North Carolina and the middle of raising funds to set up a post dental care for Syrian refugees in Turkey.
He just got married a month ago with Yusor Mohammad, the man who was about to start studying at the faculty. Sister Barakat, Razan, also a student at the college.
The case immediately reap the reaction on Twitter. #MuslimLivesMatter #chapelhillshooting Hash mark and instantly became a trending topic on Wednesday morning after the shooting.
Twitter users were busy posting pictures of the victims during his lifetime.
source: cnn.com
