DAMASCUS: Student Khudir Khazem Martyred After Being Shot, Student Hussein Ghannam Laid to Rest

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Two Damascus University students were martyred and three others were injured on Tuesday by gun shots fired by a student at the Medical Engineering Department in the university, Syria’s official news agency (SANA) reported. Ammar Taysir Baloush, second-year student of Medical Engineering, had opened fire using a handgun during an exam for the students of his department killing Hussein Ghannam and wounding Sultan Radwan, George Farah, Pierre Lahham, and Khudir Khazem. A medical source told SANA that Khazem had later succumbed to his wounds and passed away on Wednesday. Khazem was in a critical situation. Two days before his death, Ghannam wrote on his page on Facebook that he feels lonely and a stranger in a strange place after life abandoned him. He then said: “So, death is easier to me. O Allah speed up my demise.” Martyr Hussein Ghannam Ghannam was laid to rest on Wednesday. He was escorted from Damascus Hospital to al-Sayyeda Zeinab Cemetery with huge participation of his teachers, friends, students and youth activists. His father said that his son is the victim of conspiracy which targets the homeland and aims at sabotaging it and undermining its security. He called on the youths to be more aware and conscious of this conspiracy which has began through media fabrications and which led to terrorist criminal acts. The father expressed desire that peace and security will return to the homeland and the youths will continue their normal life and fulfill their aspirations.

DAMASCUS: Student Khudir Khazem Martyred After Being Shot, Student Hussein Ghannam Laid to Rest
Dec 28, 2011

DAMASCUS,(SANA)- A medical source at al-Mujtahed Hospital affirmed that Student Khudir Khazem from the Department of Medical Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical& Electrical Engineering at Damascus University was martyred as he was in a critical situation after being shot by Student Ammar Taysir Baloush on Tuesday at one of the Faculty's halls. Head of Deaths Department at the hospital, Dari Shihadeh told SANA Correspondent that Khazem passed away on Wednesday at 01:30 am. Baloush, second-year student of Medical Engineering at Damascus University, had opened fire using a handgun during an exam for the students of Medical Engineering Department as Student Hussein Ghannam was martyred while students Sultan Radwan, Gorge Farah, and Pierre Lahham were injured and Khudir Khazem had later succumbed to his wounds. Student Hussein Ghannam Escorted With Huge Participation of Friends and Teachers Martyred Students Khudir Khazem and Hussein Ghannam Escorted With Huge Participation of Friends and Teachers on Wednesday were escorted from Damascus Hospital to al-Sayyeda Zeinab Cemetery and the City of Jabla in Lattakia with huge participation of their teachers, friends and students of Damascus University and youth activities. Father of the martyr Ghannam said that his son is the victim of the conspiracy which targets the homeland and aims at sabotaging it and undermining its security through an obvious plan in which several parties are involved. He called on the youths to be more aware and conscious of this conspiracy which has began through media fabrications and which led to terrorist criminal acts. The father expressed desire that peace and security will return to the homeland and that his son be the last martyr, and the youths will continue their normal life and fulfill their aspirations. For his part, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical& Electrical Engineering at Damascus University, Dr. Jamal Abbas said that these terrorist acts come in the framework of a premeditated operation which aims at undermining Syria's stability. Student Hussein Ghannam and his friend Khudir Khazem were martyred after being shot by student Ammar Taysir Baloush while students Sultan Radwan, Gorge Farah, and Pierre Lahham were injured. H. Zain / R. al-Jazaeri

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