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An Ohio college student from Chevy Chase, Md., who was killed
during violent protests in Alexandria, Egypt on Friday, was in the
country teaching young children English and trying to improve his Arabic
language skills, family members said. Andrew Driscoll Pochter, 21, was
an intern at AMIDEAST, a U.S nonprofit focused on education, job
training and development in the Middle East and North Africa, Kenyon
College said in a statement. His family said "he had studied in the
region, loved the culture, and planned to live and work there in the
pursuit of peace and understanding." A senior security official in
Alexandria, told Reuters that Pochter, had been taking photos with a
phone camera near an office of President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim
Brotherhood as it was being ransacked by protesters. He was fatally
stabbed and died at a military hospital.
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