CHAPEL HILL, N. Carolina, U.S.A. - - 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
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 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.”
The site features a photo of the three smiling at what appears to be
graduation ceremony.
Source: – AFP
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