Published : 18-07-2021
Palestinian refugee Jihad Abu Abboud has been spotted in Damascus streets after he completely lost his memory.
In a photo circulated on social media, the man looked totally lost, with a pale face and semi-closed eyes that conveyed a sense of intense frustration and deep sorrow.
The refugee was arrested by Syrian security forces in 2013. He had last been spotted in the Sednaya military prison, widely known as Syria’s “human slaughterhouse”, in reference to the mass hangings and extermination of thousands of prisoners.
Jihad’s relative Abu AlAbd said the family reached out to the photo’s publisher and learned that it was taken northwest of Damascus. A bakery owner in Qudsaya told them that he has recently met Jihad more than once.
The family had lost hope that Jihad would be released alive from prison, where he had been kept for years.
Jihad was born in 1969 and sought shelter in Yarmouk Camp.
Palestinian refugee Jihad Abu Abboud has been spotted in Damascus streets after he completely lost his memory.
In a photo circulated on social media, the man looked totally lost, with a pale face and semi-closed eyes that conveyed a sense of intense frustration and deep sorrow.
The refugee was arrested by Syrian security forces in 2013. He had last been spotted in the Sednaya military prison, widely known as Syria’s “human slaughterhouse”, in reference to the mass hangings and extermination of thousands of prisoners.
Jihad’s relative Abu AlAbd said the family reached out to the photo’s publisher and learned that it was taken northwest of Damascus. A bakery owner in Qudsaya told them that he has recently met Jihad more than once.
The family had lost hope that Jihad would be released alive from prison, where he had been kept for years.
Jihad was born in 1969 and sought shelter in Yarmouk Camp.
