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Teen 'fearful' after portrayal as US bomber
A teenager says he is scared to go outside after he was portrayed on the internet and on the front page of the New York Post as connected to the deadly Boston Marathon bombings.
Photos of Salah Eddin Barhoum, 17, and friend Yassine Zaime were posted on websites whose users have been scouring marathon finish line photos for suspects.
The two were also on the Post's front Thursday with the headline: "Bag men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon."
The Post reported later on Thursday that the pair were not considered suspects, and the FBI has since identified two other men as suspects in Monday's bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 180.
But Barhoum, a track runner at Revere High School, said he was convinced some would blame him for the bombings, no matter what.
He said he was so fearful on Thursday that he ran back to the high school after a track meet when he saw a man in a car staring at him, talking into a phone.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/04/201341975840872269.html
