The Killing of Yassin Baqoush

The famous Syrian comedic actor Yassin Baqoush, aged 75 and maybe, barely, retired, was killed in Damascus on February 24, 2013. There are conflicting stories of who killed him with a mortar or RPG round in his car, at his house, in the Yarmouk Palestinian district ("camp") of the capitol. Rebels who have repeatedly attacked the district, blamed the military, who frequently clash with rebels intruding there.

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http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/15085 This helps explain his looks: Yassin's father settled there after a foiled attempt at the Hajj. Origin: Libya. Politics-unclear, apparently low-key.
 * A source close to the family of the deceased actor informed Al-Akhbar that they tried to convince him not to leave his home in Yarmouk refugee camp due to the security situation. He left anyway, without telling anyone. He was caught in the crossfire and killed, then his body was mutilated.


 * “We heard the news on al-Jazeera, which was the first station to report it,” Bakoush’s only sister told Al-Akhbar. “Then we found out that his body was in the Palestine Hospital.”
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 * “We don’t know how he died. We haven’t asked yet because we are busy with our tragedy and burial procedures,” she explained. “We believe this was his fate. We hand his killers to God. Let Him deal with them.”


 * “Yassin was a human being in the true sense of the word. He was a true brother and a loving father. I trust and know well that everyone who knew Yassin will say that he had a good heart and never hurt anyone his entire life. Those who know him closely will not have the heart to hurt him, even with a word. How could those people do what they did?”

Death video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Qt6uYjBUc Rebels in Yarmouk were there first to access his body and show his documents on video, blaming the government. They're backed up by a video they shot of them respecting and filming Mr. Baqoush as he passed through a rebel checkpoint and was questioned sometime earlier. http://pranksta.org/syria-comedian-actor-yassin-baqoush-respected-by-rebel-fighters-2-24-13-yarmouk/