Founder of Muslim News Network Beheads Wife in Orchard Park, New York

Shortly after a Continental airplane crashed into a house in Clarence, New York on February 12, 2009 another suburb of Buffalo, New York made the national news after the occurrence of an unpleasant event.

According to the Buffalo News, 44 year old Muzzammil Hassan beheaded his 37 year old wife Aasiya Hassan in the office of his Muslim television network in Orchard Park.

Fox News reports that Aasiya filed for divorce earlier in the month after no longer being able to endure her husband's abuse. She also is reported to have taken out a restraining order against her husband as she feared he was going to try and kill her. The couple had been married for eight years and the abuse was suggested to have been taking place the entire time. They had two children who were ages four and six at the time of the murder.

Police believe that Hassan might have killed his wife as an honor killing since she was planning on divorcing him. He is being held at the Erie County holding center and is being charged with 2nd-degree murder.