Naveed Afzal Haq [SEP] convicted of
Naveed Afzal Haq
Naveed Afzal Haq (born September 23, 1975) is a U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent who was convicted of crimes relating to the 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting.
Murder and hate crime conviction.
Haq was convicted on December 15, 2009 of aggravated murder, malicious harassment—Washington's hate-crime statute—five counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of unlawful imprisonment, and this event was also characterized as a hate crime. The jury did not accept the defense argument that
2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting
The Seattle Jewish Federation shooting occurred on July 28, 2006, at around 4:00 p.m. PT, when Naveed Afzal Haq shot six women, one fatally, at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle building in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Naveed Haq was convicted in December 2009 and sentenced to life without parole plus 120 years. Police have classified the shooting as a "hate crime" based on what Haq is alleged to have said during a 9-1-1