Staff Reporter: A 21-year-old Syrian immigrant Zakaria Tahhan alias Zach Tahhan received a reward of 43 lakh taka (US dollars 50,000) for information leading to the capture of a gunman on a subway train in New York. At least 29 people, including 10 people, were injured when a gunman opened fire on a subway train at 36th Street in the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn, New York, on April 12. Zakaria received a reward of 43 lakh taka (US dollars 50,000) from the police for information leading to the arrest of the suspect.
However, things certainly did not end for Zakaria Dahan, or “Zach” as his first name is abbreviated, until after he reaps the fruits of his heroism, the first of which is that he receives from the city police a reward, which she had previously announced to give to the one who leads her to the wanted Frank James, 62 years old.
Dahan, an immigrant for 5 years in New York, and a worker in a company that installs surveillance cameras of all kinds, held a press conference yesterday in the street, where dozens of journalists surrounded him, some of whom demanded a double reward, because no one knows what Frank James was going to do , if he remained hidden.
James directly wounded 10 people during his operation, and wounded 13 others, by detonating a smoke bomb and firing 33 bullets from a semi-automatic pistol. His pistol suddenly betrayed him and broke down, so he ran away from the place and disappeared, leaving those nearby in great terror, including Dahan, who was heading to work and saw him.
According to what Dahan told reporters, Zakaria recognized the accused while he was installing one of the surveillance cameras. He appeared to him while he was in a Manhattan neighborhood. He whispered to himself and said: “Oh, my God, this is the man (..) He was carrying a bag on his shoulder and walking on the sidewalk. Then put it on the street.
He added, “The moment I saw a lot of people coming after him,” I went and said to them, “Please go some distance, this man will do something.” Then he glimpsed a police car.
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