Man arrested after spate of attacks on Muslims

US police have arrested a 42-year-old man in connection with a spate of attacks on Arabs which left an Indian immigrant dead.

Frank Roque was charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and three counts of drive-by shootings after allegedly killing the Indian man, opening fire on a Lebanese-American worker at another petrol station and at the home of a family of Afghan descent.

Detectives are investigating if the shootings were a one-man retaliation for last week’s attacks in New York and Washington.