Obama Calls Chapel Hill Slayings “Brutal And Outrageous”

President Barack Obama called the fatal shootings of the three Muslims in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this week "brutal and outrageous" and urged the country to memorialized their promising lives. "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," said Obama. "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." Deah Barakat, 23; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha, 21; and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, were murdered by a neighbor over a parking dispute. But family members argued that they were targeted because of their religion. The FBI said Friday that they have launched a probe. President Obama said the agency will determined if any federal laws were violated.

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