The NYPD officer slain during this week’s mass shooting in a Midtown office building was laid to rest following a funeral ceremony in the Bronx on Thursday. Mourners gathered at the Jame Masjid mosque in Parkchester to remember 36-year-old Didarul Islam, who was working in the lobby of 345 Park Ave. around 6:30 p.m. when police said gunman Shane Tamura …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link The mournful notes of taps echoed through rainy Bronx neighborhood Thursday afternoon as six New York Police Department officers shouldered the casket of one of their own: Officer Didarul Islam. They carried Islam’s remains out of a mosque where his funeral was held, and into the street where thousands of officers stood in silent salute. He …
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is not at the Hall of Fame. Instead, he remains back in New York three days after a gunman killed four people while targeting the NFL offices. Goodell told Mike Tirico during a pregame interview on NBC that he attended the Thursday funeral of New York police officer Didarul Islam, one of the victims of the …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old New York Police Department officer, was among four people killed Monday evening in Midtown Manhattan when a gunman stormed the lobby of the sprawling 345 Park Avenue office tower and opened fire. Islam, an immigrant from Bangladesh who New York officials have described as a hero, leaves behind two young sons and …
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