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Police officers stand at attention and salute as the body of Detective Didarul Islam is carried through the streets of Parkchester on July 31. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene Bronx Voice August 1, 2025 BRONX - Thousands of police officers from across the metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue to pay their respects and say goodbye to fallen police officer Didarul Islam, 36. Islam was one of four people killed by ‘active shooter’ Shane Tamura, who walked into a midtown office building with an assault rifle on July 28. The gunman later fatally turned the gun on himself. On July 31, officers flooded the surrounding streets as several roadblocks were set up in the area with Sanitation trucks blocking several intersections. Public officials in attendance included Governor ...

Power Strip Caused Bronx Fire that Killed Four - FDNY Says

(Left) Kalheed Waleed Ben Saleh, 10; Ahmed Saleh, 22, and Mohamed Waleed Ahmed, 12, died in a house fire on Quimby Avenue.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 4, 2022 


BRONX - A faulty power strip has been found to be the official cause of the fire that killed three children and a Bronx father. 


The FDNY released a tweet from the Fire Marshal who said the fire was “caused by a damaged power strip in the home.” This confirms a previous report that the fire originated from an “electrical malfunction” in a room where a computer was plugged in. The computer chord was found to be melted.


On October 30th, fire broke out at 2165 Quimby Avenue in Castle Hill. The fire killed 22-year-Ahmed Saleh and his 10-month-old daughter Barah. Ahmed’s young brothers Mohamed Waleed Ahmed, 12, and Kalheed Waleed Ben Saleh, 10, also died from injuries as a result of the fire.


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