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2013-06-29 Africa North

US citizen stabbed to death in Egypt's Alexandria

Victim, whose name remains unconfirmed, reportedly worked as a journalistic photographer
A US citizen was killed in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Friday during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi, bringing the city's total death toll on Friday to two.

The American man died from a stab wound to the chest, according to Amin Ezz El-Din, head of Alexandria's security directorate.

Ezz El-Din said the young American had been taking pictures with his mobile phone near one of the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which President Morsi hails, when he was attacked by unknown assailants.

The victim was rushed to a military hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Security sources told Ahram Online's correspondent that the victim's name is Victor Andrew. He was a 21-year-old photojournalist.

The details have not yet been officially confirmed.

The report of his death was confirmed by Ibrahim El-Roubi, head of emergencies at Alexandria's health department, along with two other security officials.

In May, American academic Chris Stone was stabbed in the neck outside the US embassy in Cairo. Stone, however, survived the attack.

Posted by tipper 2013-06-29 00:51|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ] Top

#1 Give'm more F15's

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-29 03:41|| 2013-06-29 03:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Somehow I confess to having no feelings whatsoever for being stabbed in Egypt....WHY would anybody go to Egypt if he could go somewhere else? There are so many nice places on Earth and so many of them are close-by most of the time. Why go stand in a crowd of smelly Egyptians sweating and yelling and ....well you get stabbed?
Stupid doesn't live to get old.
Was it NECESSARY that this CLOWN went to Egypt to get stabbed? Was his souvenir photo of Pres. Morsi's office building worth it? True, Darwin would be interested in this.

Posted by Threater Flusoper9823 2013-06-29 07:01|| 2013-06-29 07:01|| Front Page Top

#3 And our State Dept is on the ball:

"You are a really inapproproate to be calling me about this at 10 p.m.": U.S. No 2 in #Egypt Mark Sievers, about possible dead citizen.

Posted by Frank G 2013-06-29 09:39|| 2013-06-29 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 by the way Threater - he was working as a journalist/photog - taking pictures of the unrest. I would hope being an American would carry some weight. I would also hope you were less of an a-hole. I expect I'll get neither

Posted by Frank G 2013-06-29 09:42|| 2013-06-29 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't think Egypt gets F-15s, has that changed?

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-29 09:43|| 2013-06-29 09:43|| Front Page Top

#6 OK 16ths

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-29 09:57|| 2013-06-29 09:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Getting stabbed to death is the new hip...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-06-29 10:24|| 2013-06-29 10:24|| Front Page Top

#8 Egypt hasn't seemed to receive a shipment of F-U's either.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-06-29 10:54|| 2013-06-29 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Egypt hasn't seemed to receive a shipment of F-U's either.

That's Israel's business.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-29 13:45|| 2013-06-29 13:45|| Front Page Top

#10 #4: Frank, he was actually a "an American nonprofit engaged in education, training and development activities in the region", at least according to Fox News. So PhotoJourn was probably his major. And I don't think they hand out press kits to non-profit grad volunteers.

Also, Fox says that he was shot according to the AP. It's what set off the giant melee, the initial shots, and he got caught in between two factions trying to get a picture. I'm not unsympathetic that he died. However there's something to be said about 'common sense' when even actual accredited journalists are keeping their distance.

Posted by Charles 2013-06-29 14:39|| 2013-06-29 14:39|| Front Page Top

#11 no disagreement. My a-hole comment has been building....

Posted by Frank G 2013-06-29 15:40|| 2013-06-29 15:40|| Front Page Top

#12 However there's something to be said about 'common sense' when even actual accredited journalists are keeping their distance.
Charles, especially since he was Jewish-American

Posted by tipper 2013-06-29 16:08|| 2013-06-29 16:08|| Front Page Top

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