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Yasser Abdel Fattah Saeed, 63, has been wanted by the FBI for 12 years.
US authorities arrested a taxi driver on suspicion of killing his two teenage daughters 12 years ago.
An arrest warrant for Yasser Abdel Fattah Saeed was issued the day after the murder of his two daughters, Sarah (17 years old) and Amina (18 years old), in 2008.
In 2014, US authorities placed Saeed, who was born in Egypt, on the FBI’s list of 10 Most Wanted Fugitives.
Almost seven years later, he was arrested in Justin, Texas, along with two of his relatives.
The Dallas branch of the FBI said in a statement that Saeed, 63, would soon be transferred to Dallas County.
“The Dallas violent crime team run by the FBI has worked tirelessly to find Yasser Saeed,” said Matthew de Sarno, an FBI agent in Dallas.
He added: “These seasoned investigators have never stopped looking for him and vowed not to forget the two young victims in this case.”
The mother of the two victims, Patricia Owens, expressed her joy at the suspect’s arrest, telling local media: “Now the girls can rest in peace.”
The FBI also announced the arrest of two other people, according to CBS, they are Islam Saeed, the suspect’s son, and Yassin Saeed, the suspect’s brother. The two are charged with harboring a fugitive.
What is Said accused of?
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Yasser Abdel-Fattah Saeed is accused of shooting his daughters in his taxi
Authorities opened an investigation into a murder on January 1, 2008, after the girls, Amina and Sara, were found shot to death.
That day, the suspect escorted his two daughters in his taxi, under the pretext of going to lunch, according to the FBI.
The FBI says he took them to Irving, Texas, where he is believed to have shot them in the taxi. The two girls died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Before his death, a relative told police that the suspect had threatened his daughter Sara with “bodily harm” for dating a non-Muslim, according to CBS News, the BBC’s news partner.
Gail Gatrell, the girls’ mother’s aunt, described the incident as “honor killing.”
The Irving Police Department is investigating the accident. On January 2, 2008, an arrest warrant was issued for Saeed on murder charges.
Since then, local investigators and the FBI have “tirelessly sought justice for Amina and Sarah,” according to Jeff Spivey, chief of police for the Irving Police Department.
FBI agents continued their search for Saeed, and after “12 years of frustration and deadlock,” they finally arrested him on Wednesday.
Desarno said her arrest “brings us one step closer to achieving justice for Amina and Sarah.”
The family of the two girls said in a statement that the announcement of the suspect’s arrest “provoked tears of joy and shouts of victory last night.”
The statement said the family “felt relieved to finally begin the chapter of justice” after “two bright and promising lives were shattered.”
