The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a “parallel preliminary inquiry” into the Chapel Hill triple homicide, earlier this week, where three Muslim college students were killed, according to a statement from the FBI.
The federal inquiry will work to determine whether or not any federal laws were violated related to the case.
The statement also states that the FBI is “continuing to provide assistance to the Chapel Hill Police Department.”
The full statement is below:
“The FBI is continuing to provide assistance to the Chapel Hill Police Department to process evidence related to a triple homicide investigation. The FBI has also opened a parallel preliminary inquiry to determine whether or not any federal laws were violated related to the case.”
President Barack Obama released a statement Friday afternoon:
“Yesterday, the FBI opened an inquiry into the brutal and outrageous murders of Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, Deah Shaddy Barakat, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In addition to the ongoing investigation by local authorities, the FBI is taking steps to determine whether federal laws were violated. No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship. Michelle and I offer our condolences to the victims’ loved ones. As we saw with the overwhelming presence at the funeral of these young Americans, we are all one American family. Whenever anyone is taken from us before their time, we remember how they lived their lives – and the words of one of the victims should inspire the way we live ours.
‘Growing up in America has been such a blessing,’ Yusor said recently. ‘It doesn’t matter where you come from. There’s so many different people from so many different places, of different backgrounds and religions – but here, we’re all one.'”
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