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The founder of a US Muslim television network has been arrested
and charged with murdering his wife by beheading her, the network's
Web site and local media reported.
Muzzammil Hassan, founder and CEO of Buffalo, NY-based Bridges TV
which launched in 2004 with a mission to show Muslims in a more
positive light, was charged after reporting the death of his wife,
Aasiya Hassan, 37, on Thursday night.
After Hassan, 44, told police his wife was at the Bridges TV
offices, in the village of Orchard Park, they found her body there,
beheaded, The Buffalo News reported.
Authorities said Police had responded to a domestic inicident
involving the couple earlier in the month.
Aasiya Hassan, with whom Hassan had two children, had recently filed for divorce and had an order of protection mandating that he leave their home as of February 6.
News of the application for divorce has brought with it speculation that the death was an honour-killing.
Police would not be drawn on the meaning of the method of death
but said that they would investigate all aspects of the case. "We
certainly want to investigate anything that has any kind of merit.
It's not a normal thing you would see," Chief Andrew Benz
said.
Hassan was being held in a county detention center charged with
second-degree murder.
"Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to the families of the
victim," a statement on the network's Web site said on Monday. "We
request that their right to privacy be respected."
"There had been problems before and there had been prior incidents
of physical abuse," Corey Hogan, whose law firm Hogan Willig
represented Aasiya Hassan in the divorce proceeding, told the
newspaper.
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