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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 17 Dec 2013

    "We thought he was coming home this Friday," brother of UK doctor Abbas Khan, who's died in Syria, tells BBC Newshttp://bbc.in/1kSol2n 

    10:04 AM - 17 Dec 2013
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      2. Abdulazim Saffaf‏ @AbdulazimSaffaf 17 Dec 2013
        Replying to @BBCNews

        @BBCNews @loveconcursall He did not die in Syria, he was tortured to death. Guilty of helping the injured in Aleppo.

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      4. Abdulazim Saffaf‏ @AbdulazimSaffaf 17 Dec 2013
        Replying to @jasmineforsyria

        @loveconcursall @BBCNews He is unarmed civilian offering his professional medical help to injured Syrian people, 1000s Syrian doctors fled

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      6. Abdulazim Saffaf‏ @AbdulazimSaffaf 17 Dec 2013
        Replying to @jasmineforsyria

        @loveconcursall @BBCNews The very latest count is 36 doctor left in Aleppo, last year there were 5000 of them. Many killed or fled Syria

        0 replies 3 retweets 1 like
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      1. Abdulazim Saffaf‏ @AbdulazimSaffaf 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews @loveconcursall Dr Khan deserve to have State funeral as true British hero who died in the line of duty helping civilians

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      1. Jay M Duffy‏ @jaymdee10 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews horrendous!

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      1. Rita Hunter‏ @ritamay1 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews @babciapat This is so incredibly sad! Heart-breaking.

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      1. Ibrahim Adamu‏ @Alhaji10 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews no prblm may Allah make such dead 2 b d rest of his soul. Ameen!!!

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      1. Maria‏ @Koelas_777 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews So sad and just before Xmas.

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      1. Robert Mayo‏ @robtmayo 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews @BBCWorld .. Assad, when does it end?

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      1. Hani Hamdan‏ @HaniHamdan45 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews There is no excuse for the killing of Dr Abbas if he has not participated in the fights.Suicide in his cell is rather suspicious.

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      1. A k‏ @AhmedSKassem 17 Dec 2013
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        @BBCNews @BBCWorld who*

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