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2015-09-23 Europe

PYD: Syrian refugee tripped by Hungarian journalist was member of radical al-Nusra Front

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#1 Rudaw is following the story, and has this update from Spain at 5:15 pm ET:

Spanish football club: claims about tripped Syrian refugee are a âhoaxâ

BARCELONA, Spain â Reports claiming that a Syrian refugee -- who shot to fame after he was tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman -- was a member of a radical Islamist group are a âhoax,â said the head of the Spanish football club that brought the asylum-seeker to Madrid and gave him a job.

The denial came after the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria said earlier this week that Osama Abdul Mohsen, 52, had been a member of the radical al-Nusrah Front and had fought the Kurds on many fronts.

The El Pais newspaper on Tuesday quoted Miguel Angel Galan, the director of the Madrid-based National Soccer Coach Training Center (Cenafe), as saying pictures that appeared on a Facebook account under the name Osama Abdul Mohsen are a âhoax.â

âHe doesnât have a Facebook account,â Galan said.

Cenafe has used money from its advertising budget to pay for an apartment in Getafe, a Madrid suburb, where Abdul Mohsen is staying with two of his children.

His wife and two other children are still in Turkey, where the family had been for a year after escaping the war in Syria.

Cenafe said that next week it would make efforts to bring the entire family to Spain.

Here's hoping Cenafe is right about the gentleman and his family.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-09-23 17:34|| 2015-09-23 17:34|| Front Page Top

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