The Syrian government has caught a man named Amjad Youssef. This killing happened in the Tadamon district of Damascus in April 2013.
The interior minister said that security forces caught Amjad Youssef in Hama province. They had been looking for him. The government says Amjad Youssef was very involved in the killing of civilians. The news of his arrest was on state media. Now he is in jail.
Video Evidence That Shocked the World
A time after this happened a video came out that showed soldiers killing people. The video shows the soldiers taking people one by one to a hole in the ground and shooting them. The people who did the killing made this video. It got out.
Human Rights Response
The people who investigate rights are very mad about what happened. They say that the video shows that the people who did this do not care about life. They think that this could be a bad war crime.
Civil War Background
The civil war in Syria started in 2011. There were protests and the government reacted badly. This led to a long and deadly war between the government and armed groups. The Syrian civil war is a sad thing that has happened in Syria.
