Court convicts NY man of killing two Bangladeshis

A US court has convicted a New York City man of first-degree murder for the 2016 killings of a Bangladeshi-American Muslim cleric and his assistant, reports bdnews24.com.

Convict Oscar Morel, 37, of Brooklyn, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced on April 18.

A state supreme court jury on Friday convicted Morel in the fatal shootings of imam Maulana Alauddin Akonjee, 55, and his associate muezzin Thara Uddin, 64,- both Bangladeshi.

The shooting took place in the Ozone Park neighbourhood when the two were walking home together following afternoon prayers on August 13, 2016, horrifying the neighbourhood's Bangladeshi community.

Maulana Akonjee, a father of seven, hails from Nabiganj in Habiganj district while Thara Uddin from Jangahati village of Golapganj Upazila of Sylhet district.