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Mohammad Anwar: Slain Uber Eats driver called 'hero' as video shows him fight 2 teen carjackers who killed him

'Can’t stop thinking about Mohammad Anwar. 66 yrs old working hard for @Uber to make ends meet killed in such a gruesome way,' one user wrote

The video of carjacking by two teen girls, who used a stun gun to kill an Uber Eats driver on March 23 has gone viral on Twitter. The clip shows the 66-year-old man fighting for the steering as the two girls take over the control of the car and drive off, while he is seen hanging on to the left door. 

The teen girls, 13, from Southeast DC and another, 15, from Fort Washington, Maryland, have been arrested on the charges of murdering an Uber Eats driver on Tuesday, March 23, the police said. The victim, Mohammad Anwar, 66, was reportedly killed when the girls tried carjacking him near Nationals Park using a stun gun. The names of the two juvenile girls arrested in the case have not been released by the police. 

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The police documents on the case, released on Wednesday, March 24, states that the two girls were taken to the Metropolitan Police Department's homicide branch for processing after being arrested on felony murder and carjacking charges.  

Who was Mohammad Anwar?

Anwar of Springfield, Virginia, was an immigrant from Pakistan who had come to the US in 2014. He was working as an Uber Eats driver in the Navy Yard area of DC when the two teen girls assaulted him with a stun gun and his car crashed. He was a father and a grandfather, reports suggest. Anwar is survived by a wife and two adult children in the US, while his four grandchildren live in Pakistan. 

Law enforcement sources have revealed that Anwar's car crashed and flipped over near the park when the teenage girls, who were in his car at the time, attempted an armed carjacking. He is said to have been driving a gray sedan about a block north of Nationals Park in 1200 block of Van Street SE at the time of the crime.

His name 'should be remembered like George Floyd's' 

Twitter is appalled on watching the viral video that shows Anwar fighting until his death. A large number of social media users have hailed him as a "hero" for fighting back and even noted that he should be remembered like the victim of police violence, George Floyd. 

One tweeted, "Mohammad Anwar's name should be remembered like George Floyd's is, if not more. Mohammad was a decent, hard-working, honest man, and a hero for fighting back against carjacker." Another wrote, "Can’t stop thinking about Mohammad Anwar. 66 yrs old working hard for @Uber to make ends meet killed in such a gruesome way. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajawoon."

One user tweeted, "I’m sorry but the anger in my body is too damn much. Mohammad Anwar was and will always be a hero. Those two girls no mater what age...deserve nothing but the worst. No forgiveness. Fuck em." One wrote, "Mohammad Anwar & Subhakar Khadka are unsung heroes of this pandemic. The work they have done & the abhorrent treatment they have gotten makes my skin crawl. Please tip your Uber driver & Uber eats driver. With whatever you got. I am appalled by people who have caused harm to them"