Monday, July 4, 2011

Nasser Al-Shami, Ex-Olympic Boxer, Wounded In Syria Shooting

BEIRUT -- A Syrian boxer who won a medal at the 2004 Olympics was injured along with at least 20 others Monday as President Bashar Assad's regime swept through several cities and towns to crush a pro-democracy uprising, activists said.

Nasser al-Shami, a heavyweight who shared the bronze medal in Athens, was in stable condition after being hit by shotgun pellets in the city of Hama, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, the London-based director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Abdul-Rahman said he spoke to the doctor who treated the athlete.


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