Syrian Refugee Tripped in Hungary Is Welcomed in Spain

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As a Syrian refugee fled from the police in Hungary last week, a local journalist stopped filming and tripped him, changing both of their lives. Credit Marko Djurica/Reuters

A Syrian refugee who was tripped last week by a Hungarian journalist, prompting a wave of outrage at the reporter, arrived late Wednesday in Spain, where he has been offered accommodations and a job by a soccer school in Madrid.

After he was knocked to the ground near Hungary’s border with Serbia last week by Petra Laszlo, a camerawoman covering the migrant crisis for a right-wing news site, Syrians identified the man as Osama Abdul Mohsen, a professional soccer coach from the eastern province of Deir al-Zour fleeing war and repression.