Here is a piece from Al-Jazeera English about a Moroccan immigrant who happened to be at the Boston marathon and was falsely portrayed as a suspect because of how he looks. One paper went so far as to print his photo. Seems like a case of good ol' American racism mixed with anti-Muslim bias overwhelming a logical search for the perpetrators .
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A teenager says he is scared to go outside after he was portrayed on the internet and on the front page of the New York Post as connected to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
Photos of Salah Eddin Barhoum, 17, and friend Yassine Zaime were posted on websites whose users have been scouring marathon-finish-line photos for suspects.
The two were also on the Post's front Thursday with the headline: "Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon."
The Post reported later on Thursday that the pair were not considered suspects, and the FBI has since identified two other men as suspects in Monday's bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 180.
But Barhoum, a track runner at Revere High School, said he was convinced some would blame him for the bombings, no matter what.
He said he was so fearful on Thursday that he ran back to the high school after a track meet when he saw a man in a car staring at him, talking into a phone.
Barhoum's father, El Houssein Barhoum, who moved his family from Morocco five years ago, said he was worried his son would be shot and fears for his wife and two young daughters.
He said he could not go to his job as a baker in Boston.
In a statement, Col Allan, New York Post editor, said: "We stand by our story. The image was emailed to law enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these men, as our story reported. We did not identify them as suspects.''
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Teen 'fearful' after portrayal as US bomber
A teenager says he is scared to go outside after he was portrayed on the internet and on the front page of the New York Post as connected to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
Photos of Salah Eddin Barhoum, 17, and friend Yassine Zaime were posted on websites whose users have been scouring marathon-finish-line photos for suspects.
The two were also on the Post's front Thursday with the headline: "Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon."
The Post reported later on Thursday that the pair were not considered suspects, and the FBI has since identified two other men as suspects in Monday's bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 180.
But Barhoum, a track runner at Revere High School, said he was convinced some would blame him for the bombings, no matter what.
He said he was so fearful on Thursday that he ran back to the high school after a track meet when he saw a man in a car staring at him, talking into a phone.
Barhoum's father, El Houssein Barhoum, who moved his family from Morocco five years ago, said he was worried his son would be shot and fears for his wife and two young daughters.
He said he could not go to his job as a baker in Boston.
In a statement, Col Allan, New York Post editor, said: "We stand by our story. The image was emailed to law enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seeking information about these men, as our story reported. We did not identify them as suspects.''
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