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Police in the US state of New Mexico have launched an investigation into the murders of four Muslim men. Most recently, a young Muslim from Asia was found murdered on Friday night, according to the police in Albuquerque on Saturday (local time).

There is a suspicion that there is a connection to three other murders in which the victims also came from Asia.

Two of the victims were killed in early August and late July, and another man was killed in November. The police asked possible witnesses for information about the four murders.