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Not Knowing I Was Sweden's Most Wanted

Iraqi refugee Moder Magid was 22 when he was wrongly arrested on terror charges.

Moder Magid was just 22 when he became Sweden's most wanted terror suspect. Following a massive manhunt in 2015, the Iraqi asylum seeker was arrested while building a snow horse on a frozen lake with friend. Moder had been completely unaware of the police search for him. He was arrested and taken to Stockholm where the Swedish security services interrogated him before releasing him and clearing him of all suspicion three days later. Moder says he isn't bitter about the experience and threw a huge party in his town afterwards, in an attempt to bring locals and refugees together.

Image: Moder Mothanna Magid
Credit: Firas Hatem

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