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Muslim community presses Essex County for answers and an in-person meeting with prosecutor in Imam Hassan Sharif murder case

Essex County Board of Commissioners · May 22, 2024
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Summary

Community members, imams and civic leaders urged the board to press the Essex County Prosecutor for an update and requested an in-person meeting with Prosecutor Theodore Stevens; commissioners said they would forward contacts and that the prosecutor expressed willingness to meet.

Dozens of community members packed the meeting room to press the Essex County Board of Commissioners for information and an in-person dialogue with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office about the unsolved murder of Imam Hassan Sharif.

Imam Kasim Sharif and other mosque leaders described four months of pain and uncertainty since the killing and said they had received limited follow-up. "We are asking where does the investigation stand and what is the city of Essex County doing about the investigation of the murder of the imam?" Imam Kasim Sharif asked…

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