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Syria Security Forces Kill 15, Egyptian American Released from Captivity

HeadlineApr 04, 2011

In Syria, government snipers killed at least 15 people on Friday in the city of Douma. Meanwhile, Mohamed Radwan has spoken to the press after being released from a Syrian prison. Radwan is the Egyptian American man who was accused of being an Israeli spy after he was caught taking photographs at a demonstration.

Mohamed Radwan: “That day, there was nothing. It was a Friday, and I was in the Amawi mosque, and then, all of a sudden, people got up in the middle of prayers. And so, I went and stood with them. And everyone was carrying a mobile phone, so I took mine out, too, and began to take pictures. And then, all of a sudden, a man came up to me, took me aside, and told me to come with him. That’s all. I found myself in a car with him, and they took me to a place, and I wasn’t sure where I was.”

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