Posted on 01/02/2012 9:12:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A Syrian man has been killed 'execution-style' in Germany as fears grow that the Damascus regime is actively hunting down its critics in Europe.
The 35-year-old man was killed after he stopped in his Volkswagen car at a set of traffic lights in Sarstedt, near Hanover, and two men opened the doors and fired inside.
The two assassins then fled the scene. The victim died from head wounds and a special murder squad has been formed at Hildesheim, where he lived.
Police made no speculation whether his murder was linked to the unrest in Syria that has been continuing since March last year.
The victim's name, in accordance with German media laws, was not released.
The murder comes a week after a critic of President Bashar Assad's regime was badly beaten by men wielding iron bars at his home in Berlin.
The Syrian ambassador to Germany was summoned to the foreign ministry in Berlin last month after the attack on a Berlin councillor, Ferhad Ahma.
The 37-year-old Green party politician suffered a severe beating when he opened his door to two men claiming to be police officers...
Ahma is an outspoken critic of the Damascus regime, and suffered serious bruises and other wounds in the attack but a spokesman for the Berlin police said that its state security force had taken over the investigation.
The Syrian authorities have been responsible for 5,000 civilian deaths in the country since opposition to the regime started to grow 10 months ago...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The Daily Mail alters the quote of the Sudanese war criminal to get rid of his denial that the Assad regime is still shooting Syrians.
Law enforcement in Germany is very weak... bungling idiots comes to mind.
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Law enforcement in Germany is very weak... bungling idiots comes to mind.
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Ultra-liberal criminal proceeding mnakes wonder.
Thank God there are little to none violent crime in Germany.
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