from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 24 Apr 20:53
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Amjad Youssef, one of the main perpetrators of the 2013 Tadamon massacre in Damascus during the Syrian civil war, has been arrested.
His detention followed “a successful security operation”, Interior Minister Anas Khattab announced on Friday on X.
A security source told Sana news agency that Youssef, an intelligence officer under Bashar al-Assad’s government, was detained in the al-Ghab area of Hama, in Syria’s western countryside.
Footage of the massacre, filmed by the perpetrators, was leaked in 2022. It showed detainees blindfolded and with their hands tied, being led to the pit to be shot.
Seven women and 15 children were among those seen murdered.
The videos were some of the most detailed evidence of war crimes committed by Assad’s authorities.
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