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Didarul Islam had a hard-won house, a job that brought respect and the esteem of his neighbors. “He said serve the community and you’ll do fine,” a friend said.
By Wesley Parnell
On a sleepy Bronx street, relatives, friends and leaders of the Muslim community that enveloped Didarul Islam came early Tuesday night to pay their respects just hours after he was gunned down.
Officer Islam, 36, was a three-and-a-half-year veteran of the New York City Department, an immigrant from Bangladesh and the father of two. His wife is pregnant with their third child.
