From the OC Register:
After a mortar attack killed at least 10 students at Damascus University, concerned UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton students banded together April 4 to hold a vigil in Irvine in remembrance of those killed and other victims of the fighting in Syria. “It really hits home when they’re killing university students who are supposed to be the intellect of our generation, the engineers and the doctors, who are supposed to rebuild Syria after the falling of the regime,” said Sabreen Shalabi, 21, a fourth-year student at UCI who helped organize the vigil. It was unclear who fired the mortar rounds that killed at least 10 students on March 28, with the Syrian government and rebels blaming each other, according to Associated Press reports. Since the start of the civil unrest in Syria, many Syrian-American students have taken it upon themselves to be at the forefront of activism.

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