On Monday, the FBI arrested a Muslim Immigrant in a sleepy suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, accusing him of a murder-for-hire plot the place he was trying to have his 55-year-old spouse Sana and 6 grown kids, ages starting from 21-34, murdered.
AL.com reported the story in local media.
The person, Mohammed A.H. Mohammed, 61, informed authorities that “that they had destroyed his satisfaction and dignity.” The dispute arose from ongoing home violence prices the place Mohammed believed he was about to be arrested and faraway from the household residence.
He added, “God will reward me” for having them killed. Mohammed provided the undercover FBI hitman $20,000 to kill his spouse and $5,000 every for his six children. He paid the agent $550 down fee for the hitman service the place the rest could be paid upon the homicide.
Mohammed allegedly informed the undercover FBI agent, “I would like this shit finished.”
Mohammed is being charged by federal authorities with use of interstate commerce within the fee of homicide for rent, which is 18 U.S.C. 1958. State authorities have a number of different circumstances pending.
Mohammed has an extended listing of state prices of home violence and stalking, and has been alleged to have regularly and repeatedly set fire to his family’s vehicles.
In a previous assertion, his spouse alleged that he was plotting to lock his household within the basement and kill all of them.
The FBI claims in a sworn affidavit by one among their brokers that Mohammed admitted to repeatedly burning the household’s autos to protest in opposition to their habits. Regulation enforcement might solely categorize the automobile fires as “suspicious” beforehand. The FBI and authorities don’t know the way lengthy he has been within the nation.
He owns a plumbing enterprise referred to as “American Plumbing Service LLC” in Homewood, an upper-crust suburb of Birmingham.
He and his spouse have been going by way of a contentious divorce for a number of years, however nonetheless largely dwelling in the identical property.
A submit on the NextDoor app “Hackberry Lane” neighborhood, alongside interstate 65 south of Birmingham, had mobile phone video of a girl strolling by way of a wooded yard asking if anybody knew what was happening because the FBI was negotiating with Mohammed to give up. With sirens within the background, an FBI agent demanded that Mohammed come to the door and that that they had a warrant for his arrest. The FBI pathetically requested Mohammed to please come out as a result of they had been positive he was inside the house, and that they may see him.
“Mohammed, that is the FBI. We are able to see you in there, we’re not going anyplace. Please come to the door and speak to us,” mentioned the FBI agent on the since-deleted video.
The submit on NextDoor has been deleted and scrubbed.
Mohammed was also involved in civil litigation in 2003, arising from a 1999 traffic accident involving a traffic accident with “slight damage” where he was rear-ended by a food delivery driver, paid a settlement, after which sued anyway to get extra money.
The incident occurred very near the one mosque in Hoover, the BIS Hoover Crescent Islamic Middle. There’s one other mosque in Birmingham.
There have been different unusual incidents within the space, in response to locals. A late 30s suburban mother driving a minivan in the course of the day along with her children was driving down Hackberry Lane and slowed to keep away from hitting a person within the highway, who jumped into the entrance seat of the automotive along with her and began screaming asking whether or not the girl supported Israel or Palestine and refused to depart. The lady reported the incident to native leaders, however no motion was taken.
Birmingham is the biggest metropolitan space in Alabama, with a inhabitants of 1.1 million. There are roughly 5 million residents of Alabama.
80% of Alabama is Protestant in response to surveys, with just one% figuring out as Muslim, or 23,550 individuals. There are roughly 3.5 million Muslims in America, or 1% of the inhabitants.