A cewar al-Quds al-Arabi, wani mutum da ya raunata Imam Omar bin Al-Khattab da wuka a lokacin sallar asuba a Paterson, New Jersey, ya shaidawa 'yan sanda cewa ya yi niyyar kashe wannan limamin ne saboda bambancin addini.
A cewar kamfanin dillancin labarai na Associated Press, Serif Zorba, mai shekaru 32, bai bayyana ainihin irin wadannan bambance-bambancen ba.
Rahotanni sun bayyana cewa, Zorba daga birnin Istanbul na karkashin ikon masu ibada ne bayan sun kai wa limamin cocin mai suna Seyyed al-Naqib dan shekaru 65 da haihuwa, wanda ke samun sauki a asibitin St. Joseph.
A cewar rahotanni, wanda ake tuhumar da aka kai daga gidan yari zuwa kotu, ya ce: "Na amince da tuhumar" lokacin da alkali ya karanta masa tuhume-tuhumen da suka hada da yunkurin kisan kai da kuma mallakar makami.
Zorba ya shaida wa ‘yan sanda cewa ya yi hakan ne saboda takaddama da limamin masallacin, wanda ke karbar kudi da sunan Musulunci, kuma shi kadai ya shirya wannan harin.