Syrian war crime suspect arrested in Berlin

A Syrian suspected of "

" for having thrown a grenade that killed several civilians who participated in a distribution of food aid organized by the UN in Damascus in 2014 was arrested Wednesday August 4 in Berlin.

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Mouafak Al D., a suspected member of a Palestinian armed group affiliated with the Syrian regime, the Free Palestine Movement, is charged with seven counts of murder and three counts of assault, the federal prosecutor's office said. Karlsruhe. Fighting on behalf of Bashar al-Assad's regime, he allegedly threw a grenade on March 23, 2014 at a group of civilians, killing at least seven people and injuring at least three, including a six-year-old child.

They were residents of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, located on the outskirts of Damascus, who had come to seek aid distributed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

This camp had been besieged between July 2013 and April 2015 by the Syrian regime, causing a terrible "

", recalled the prosecution.

Before joining the FPM, the accused allegedly belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, a Palestinian organization close to the Syrian regime.

The accused must still be presented to an investigating judge during the day who will decide on his possible pre-trial detention.