Hazzan Razzaq, 'Abused' Kensington Teen Who Stabbed His Dad, Indicted for Murder

Kensington resident Hassan Razzaq, 19, was indicted with murder charges today for killing his father, 65-year-old Mohammed, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.

He’s now facing 25 years to life for the dramatic July 18 stabbing at the Razzaq family home on East 3rd Street.

Upon receiving the court’s verdict, Razzaq’s family broke down in tears, according to the New York Daily News.

Razzaq’s family — along with more than 1,000 friends and supporters — started a Change.org petition earlier in the week, asking President Barack Obama to intervene.

The lead petitioner, Razzaq’s ”good friend” and Brooklyn resident Benine Hamdan, writes that ”over many years, during High School, he would come home every day awaiting the creative manners of abuse inflicted by his 56-year-old father.”

“Hassan suffered excruciating pain and abuse from his father set forth in different forms, such as forcing his head into the toilet, banging his head against closet doors and inserting his fingers up his behind. Hassan was not only physically abused, but also mentally and sexually abused. He would witness his sisters being pulled by the hair across the apartment floor, and he always thought that things will soon change.”

The petitioner claims that in the hours before Razzaq stabbed his dad, he and his sisters endured hours of abuse. Mohammad had just returned from a business trip to Pakistan, she writes.

“He grabbed his youngest daughter by her hair and dragged her across the floor, accusing her of wearing shorts and hanging out with boys. He also threatened another daughter, stating ’I can cut you up your body, put you in a suitcase and dump you somewhere no one could find you.’”

After Friday’s indictment came down, the Daily News reports that ”dozens of supporters exited the Brooklyn Supreme courtroom shaking their heads in disgust.” Razzaq’s lawyer, Michael Cibella, tells the paper his client’s family is “shocked” and “disappointed.”

However, sources with inside knowledge on the case tell Patch that there was never any chance that Razzaq would avoid the indictment.

A police report shows that Razzaq stabbed his father multiple times — with two knives — around 9:30 p.m. that night, while his father was sleeping.

At the 19-year-old’s arraignment in a few weeks, though, he and his family and friends will have the opportunity to testify to a grand jury about the years of abuse Razzaq endured at the hands of his father.