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holding a sign identifying her as a spy and reading: "She kills our children". She says passers-by slapped and kicked her, spit on her and hurled tomatoes at her face. A photograph of her mistreatment stirred widespread outrage in
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and, until recently, a resident of the town. She studied economics and owned a beauty salon in her hometown, which was taken by rebels in April 2014. She is married and in 2014 had a 16-year-old daughter and a 32-year-old son.
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