Syria: Regime Assailants Kill Blogger’s Mother · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011.
Syrian blogger and activist Marcell Shehwaro, from Aleppo, lost her mother Marina, when government assailants shot at the car she was in early this morning. Netizens from around the world mourn their friend for her loss.
From Beirut, the co-founder and director of Arab Digital Expression Foundation Ranwa Yehia tweets:
@ranwayehia: when tragedy hits home, all of a sudden the pain of thousands accumulating hits in one big wave & crushes u RIPMarianne
Marcel and her mother in a poster made and shared by Jordanian blogger Mohammed Al Qaq on Facebook paying tribute to the martyred mother
In three tweets, Yehia quotes Marcel, reacting to her mother's death saying:
تابع “بس أبداً ما كنت متوقعة الوجع يكون بالعكس” ٣/٣
In a post dated May 27, Marcel writes [ar]:
Meanwhile, Rahaf Konbaz shares a screenshot of a Marcell's Facebook update on Twitter. In her update she writes:
A screenshot of Marcell's Facebook update in which she describes the circumstances of her mother's murder shared by Rahaf Konbaz on Twitter
They suspected the car my mother was in with another young woman and a young man because the car was being driven in the opposite direction on a street which didn't have a sign which said which direction traffic was supposed to flow in. The guards whose guns had ammunition did not care…to shoot in the air .. to shoot at the car tires .. they insisted on shooting the car. The car escaped the shooting and passed them. They discovered it was a car, whose occupants did not fire at them but the person who took the decision to shoot continued to shoot. Shooting means shooting..
So the guards, who are members of the party, shoot the car from behind. That simple.
This bullet cost my mother her life and prevented her from being in my life.
To those who believe that it is armed gangs. It is armed gangs who killed my mother. They are the armed gangs who make up this regime.
Netizens from around the world conveyed their heartfelt condolences to Marcell for her loss on both Facebook and Twitter.
This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011.