WASHINGTON: Police have arrested a gunman in the killing of three Muslim students -- including a husband and wife -- in the university town of Chapel Hill in North Carolina, US news reports said on Wednesday. The shooter, identified as Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was being held in Durham County Jail on three counts of first-degree murder, the Chapel Hill News and Observer newspaper and other news outlets said.The victims were identified as Chapel Hill residents Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. Hicks turned himself in after the shooting on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, just outside the campus of the University of North Carolina. Reports said Barakat was a second-year student in dentistry there while his wife was planning to begin her dental studies in the fall. Razan Abu-Salha was a student at North Carolina State University, according to the UNC university newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel. A Facebook community --- Our Three Winners -- has been set up for posts about the three students. "Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha have returned to their Lord," the community's creators state. "They have set an example in life and in death." TAGS- Three Muslim students killed at North Carolina campus - Al Jazeera English Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslim students killed ... 2 North Carolina man charged in shooting death of 3 Muslim ... Three Muslim students killed in US shooting – The Express ... Three muslim students killed in US shooting, gunman in ... Three college students killed in Chapel Hill shooting; 46 ... US media accused of silence after three Muslims killed in ... Three Muslim students killed in US shooting, police arrest ... Three Muslim students killed at North Carolina campus - Al ... Chapel Hill shooting: Three young Muslims gunned down in ... Man arrested after three Muslim students shot dead in North ... PressTV-Three American Muslim students killed Three Muslim students dead in North Carolina shooting as ... Three Muslim-American students killed near North Carolina ... Killing of 3 in Chapel Hill stirs alarm among Muslims - The ... Three Muslims Shot Dead Near University of North Carolina ... Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslims killed - The ... Three Muslim Students In North Carolina Shot Dead ... 3 Muslim students shot to death in apartment near UNC ... Three Muslim college students murdered in North Carolina ... Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslims murdered ... The latest on the investigation into the murders of three members of the same Muslim family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Read more: The bodies of Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were discovered on Tuesday, all with gunshots to their heads.Read More . A man who portrayed himself as an avowed atheist on social media was in custody early Wednesday after allegedly gunning down three Muslim students in a condominium complex near the University Chapel Hill shooting: Outrage after family of three young Muslims shot dead on university campus in North Carolina Family Home A family of three young Muslims have been shot dead in their home in a quiet neighbourhood of North Carolina in the US. Police have named the victims as 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Officers were called to reports of gunshots at 5.11pm at an apartment block largely housing academics and young professionals on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill. The victims were found shot dead at the scene, while some residents described not even being aware there was an incident until police arrived.
BREAKING NEWS - Three Muslim Students Killed in US Shooting
WASHINGTON: Police have arrested a gunman in the killing of three Muslim students -- including a husband and wife -- in the university town of Chapel Hill in North Carolina, US news reports said on Wednesday. The shooter, identified as Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, was being held in Durham County Jail on three counts of first-degree murder, the Chapel Hill News and Observer newspaper and other news outlets said.The victims were identified as Chapel Hill residents Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, 19, of Raleigh. Hicks turned himself in after the shooting on Tuesday in Chapel Hill, just outside the campus of the University of North Carolina. Reports said Barakat was a second-year student in dentistry there while his wife was planning to begin her dental studies in the fall. Razan Abu-Salha was a student at North Carolina State University, according to the UNC university newspaper, the Daily Tar Heel. A Facebook community --- Our Three Winners -- has been set up for posts about the three students. "Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha have returned to their Lord," the community's creators state. "They have set an example in life and in death." TAGS- Three Muslim students killed at North Carolina campus - Al Jazeera English Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslim students killed ... 2 North Carolina man charged in shooting death of 3 Muslim ... Three Muslim students killed in US shooting – The Express ... Three muslim students killed in US shooting, gunman in ... Three college students killed in Chapel Hill shooting; 46 ... US media accused of silence after three Muslims killed in ... Three Muslim students killed in US shooting, police arrest ... Three Muslim students killed at North Carolina campus - Al ... Chapel Hill shooting: Three young Muslims gunned down in ... Man arrested after three Muslim students shot dead in North ... PressTV-Three American Muslim students killed Three Muslim students dead in North Carolina shooting as ... Three Muslim-American students killed near North Carolina ... Killing of 3 in Chapel Hill stirs alarm among Muslims - The ... Three Muslims Shot Dead Near University of North Carolina ... Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslims killed - The ... Three Muslim Students In North Carolina Shot Dead ... 3 Muslim students shot to death in apartment near UNC ... Three Muslim college students murdered in North Carolina ... Chapel Hill shooting: Three American Muslims murdered ... The latest on the investigation into the murders of three members of the same Muslim family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Read more: The bodies of Deah Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were discovered on Tuesday, all with gunshots to their heads.Read More . A man who portrayed himself as an avowed atheist on social media was in custody early Wednesday after allegedly gunning down three Muslim students in a condominium complex near the University Chapel Hill shooting: Outrage after family of three young Muslims shot dead on university campus in North Carolina Family Home A family of three young Muslims have been shot dead in their home in a quiet neighbourhood of North Carolina in the US. Police have named the victims as 23-year-old Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Officers were called to reports of gunshots at 5.11pm at an apartment block largely housing academics and young professionals on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill. The victims were found shot dead at the scene, while some residents described not even being aware there was an incident until police arrived.
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