State Dept. identifies American killed in Egypt

AP Photo: Amr Nabil

An Egyptian protester waves a national flag over Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, as opponents of President Mohammed Morsi gather in Cairo, on Friday, June 28, 2013.

Andrew Pochter, a 21-year-old student from Chevy Chase, Md., who was working in Egypt as an intern for an education organization, was killed in Alexandria.

An Egyptian protester waves a national flag over Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising, as opponents of President Mohammed Morsi gather in Cairo, on Friday, June 28, 2013.

JERUSALEM — The State Department has identified the American killed in Egypt during violent clashes between government supporters and opponents.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf, traveling with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the Middle East, says Andrew Pochter was killed Friday in Alexandria. The department has issued a warning advising Americans to defer nonessential travel to Egypt because of the continuing violence there.
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Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, says in a statement on its website that Pochter was a 21-year-old student from Chevy Chase, Md., working in Egypt as an intern for a non-profit education organization.
The State Department says the young American was killed while photographing battles between supporters and foes of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Details were not available.

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