Syria's interior minister announced the arrest of Amjad Youssef, the prime suspect in one of the most infamous mass killings of the Syrian civil war, which occurred in April 2013 in the Tadamon district of Damascus.

Footage that emerged in 2022 showed Syrian soldiers leading bound and blindfolded victims to a pit before shooting them. The video became one of the most direct pieces of visual evidence of extrajudicial killings by then-government forces.

Interior Minister Anas Khattab described Youssef as the main perpetrator of the massacre and stated he was taken into custody following a "well-executed" security operation.

Syria's state news agency reported that Youssef was detained in Hama province. The arrest is seen as a significant step toward accountability for atrocities committed during the civil war, though human rights groups have called for broader investigations into state-sponsored violence.

Source: www.bbc.com