Sep 05, 2013 01:52
Taekwondo player martyred, citizens injured in mortar and rocket attacks
Sep 04, 2013
Provinces, (SANA)- Member of the Syrian national Taekwondo team, Mohammad Ali Nu'meh, was martyred Wednesday by mortar shells fired by terrorists on al-Faihaa Sport Hall in Damascus.
A source at Damascus Police Command told SANA reporter that Nu'meh died of serious shrapnel wounds sustained in the mortar attack.
The source noted that seven other citizens got injured by the mortar shell which fell in the main square of al-Faihaa Hall and killed Nu'meh.
The source added that another citizen was injured when two other shells fell at the entrance of al-Faihaa Tunnel.
A fourth shell fell in a street in Rukn Eddin neighborhood, causing material damage only.
Martyr Nu'meh was born in 1986. He was the Republic's Champion for several years and won the gold medal in Al-Hassan International Taekwondo Championship in Jordan, the silver medal in Korea Open Taekwondo Championship 2007and the bronze medal in West Asia Championship 2010. He had been preparing to participate in the upcoming the Islamic Solidarity Games in Indonesia.
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