By Syed Asif Alam
NEW YORK: Nabeel Siddiqui, 24, a computer science major who graduated from NJIT this summer, died few minutes ago (4:55pm, Oct 6th, 2003) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s University Hospital in Newark following an assault Saturday, September 27th.
Nabeel suffered brutal neurological injuries and trauma which caused severe damage to different parts of his brain.
He was attacked on Haxtun Avenue in Orange, NJ, while delivering a pizza to an address there. According to the police report, the resident of that address was not home at the time of the attack and later told police no one there had ordered a pizza.
Three juveniles, a 16-year-old from Woodbridge and a 16-year-old and 17-year-old from Orange are in custody. They are charged with aggravated assault, robbery, carjacking, and possession of a weapon, police have said.
NCPA adds:
NCPA offers its deep condolences to the family and friends of the deceased. “We urge law enforcement authorities to look into this tragedy as a possible hate crime. Under a heightened anti-Muslim bias, increasing attacks on Muslims and Pakistanis cannot be ruled as simple robberies,” said Faiz Rehman, President NCPA.
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