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German Minister Apologizes For Mistakenly Jailing A Syrian Man Who Died In Prison

Law enforcement did not check his identity carefully, authorities said. The 26-year-old died of injuries after a fire broke out in the jail.
Herbert Reul, North Rhine-Westphalia's interior minister, with police officers. He apologized on Friday for grave mistakes that left a Syrian man falsely imprisoned.

A German state official apologized Friday for an incident of mistaken identity that left a Syrian man imprisoned and then dead.

In July, the 26-year-old man was arrested for failing to pay

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