TV founder charged with beheading wife in Buffalo, New YorkFrom correspondents in New YorkAAPFebruary 17, 2009 07:15pm+-PrintEmailShare Horrific ... Bridges TV founder and CEO Muzzammil Hassan is charged with beheading his wife, Aasiya Hassan / Reuters"Numerous domestic calls to home"Wife had filed for divorceSecond-degree murder chargeTHE founder of a US television station aimed at countering stereotypes of Muslims has been arrested and charged with beheading his wife, local media reports.Muzzammil Hassan was charged with second-degree murder of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, whose decapitated body was found on Thursday by police at the Bridges TV station in Buffalo, New York state, police told The Buffalo News. "He came to the police station at 6.20pm (Thursday) and told us that she was dead," Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz told the newspaper. Police reportedly went to Bridges TV, which Mr Hassan founded in 2004, and discovered her body. Bridges TV said in a statement it was "deeply shocked and saddened by the murder of Aasiya (Zubair) Hassan and subsequent arrest of Muzzammil Hassan". CNN reported on its website that Police Chief Benz said Mr Hassan, 44, confessed to beheading his wife. Police Chief Benz said Mr Hassan's wife, 37, had filed for divorce on January 6, and that police had responded to numerous domestic violence calls at the couple's home, according to CNN. He reportedly had two children, aged four and six, with his wife, and two other children, age 17 and 18, from a previous marriage.
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