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An American college student killed Friday during antigovernment violence in Egypt was in the country on an internship to teach young children English while also improving his own skills speaking Arabic, family members said. An American college student killed Friday during antigovernment violence in Egypt was in the country on an internship to teach English to young children while also improving his Arabic skills, family members said.
Andrew Pochter, 21, a student at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, was killed in Alexandria during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi, the college said. Security officials in Egypt said he was fatally stabbed near the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which had been set on fire as the violence convulsed the city. The American, Andrew D. Pochter, 21, a student at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, was killed in Alexandria during clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsi, the college said. Security officials in Egypt said he was fatally stabbed near the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which had been set on fire.
Mr. Pochter, who was to enter his junior year at Kenyon in the fall, worked as an intern at Amideast, a nonprofit organization “engaged in international education, training and development activities in the Middle East and North Africa,” according to the group’s Web site. A statement issued by Mr. Pochter’s family said that he had planned to return to the Middle East for his spring semester abroad. Mr. Pochter, who was to enter his junior year at Kenyon in the fall, worked as an intern at Amideast, a nonprofit organization.Mr. Pochter’s family released a statement saying that he had planned to return to the Middle East for a semester abroad.
“Our beloved 21-year-old son and brother Andrew Driscoll Pochter went to Alexandria for the summer, to teach English to 7- and 8-year-old Egyptian children and to improve his Arabic,” the statement said. “He was looking forward to returning to Kenyon College for his junior year and to spending his spring semester in Jordan.”“Our beloved 21-year-old son and brother Andrew Driscoll Pochter went to Alexandria for the summer, to teach English to 7- and 8-year-old Egyptian children and to improve his Arabic,” the statement said. “He was looking forward to returning to Kenyon College for his junior year and to spending his spring semester in Jordan.”
“He went to Egypt because he cared profoundly about the Middle East, and he planned to live and work there in the pursuit of peace and understanding,” the family said.“He went to Egypt because he cared profoundly about the Middle East, and he planned to live and work there in the pursuit of peace and understanding,” the family said.
Mr. Pochter, who lived in Chevy Chase, Md., had also spent time in Morocco, and in an article he wrote for Al Arabiya News in June 2011 he explored the potential of the Arab Spring protests that forced out President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt earlier that year, viewing them through the lens of his time living with a Moroccan family. Mr. Pochter, who lived in Chevy Chase, Md., had also spent time in Morocco, and in an article he wrote for Al Arabiya News in 2011 he explored the potential of the Arab Spring protests that forced out President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt that year, viewing them through the lens of his time living with a Moroccan family.
“By their participation in community protests, members of my host family and friends are trying to reinvent themselves as members of their society and changing how the rest of the world perceives them,” he wrote. “By voicing their opinions, they can help shape the true face of this Moroccan generation, not by what the media say.”“By their participation in community protests, members of my host family and friends are trying to reinvent themselves as members of their society and changing how the rest of the world perceives them,” he wrote. “By voicing their opinions, they can help shape the true face of this Moroccan generation, not by what the media say.”
At Kenyon, Mr. Pochter was active in Hillel, the campus’s center for Jewish life, and for a time lived at the group’s house on campus, according to The Kenyon Collegian, the student newspaper. He went to high school at the Blue Ridge School, an all-boys boarding school outside Charlottesville, Va., where he won the foreign language award his senior year and played lacrosse. At Kenyon, Mr. Pochter was active in Hillel, the campus’s center for Jewish life, according to The Kenyon Collegian, the student newspaper. He went to high school at the Blue Ridge School, an all-boys boarding school outside Charlottesville, Va., where he won the foreign language award his senior year and played lacrosse.
Mr. Pochter was one of three people killed in Friday’s clashes, in which antigovernment protesters ransacked Muslim Brotherhood offices in Cairo and Alexandria as they demanded that Mr. Morsi step down and that early elections be held.Mr. Pochter was one of three people killed in Friday’s clashes, in which antigovernment protesters ransacked Muslim Brotherhood offices in Cairo and Alexandria as they demanded that Mr. Morsi step down and that early elections be held.
In response to the turmoil, the American State Department late Friday issued a travel advisory urging American citizens “to defer nonessential travel to Egypt at this time due to the continuing possibility of political and social unrest.” It also authorized the departure of some nonemergency workers and family members. Egyptian security officials said that Mr. Pochter was stabbed in the chest near his heart late Friday during clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi protesters in Alexandria. He was taken to a nearby military hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after.
On Saturday, Egyptian prosecutors ordered the arrest of several suspects in the killing, but gave no information on the number of suspects or their identities. The prosecutor also ordered that Mr. Pochter’s body be handed over to American officials.
An embassy official confirmed Mr. Pochter was the victim, but would not say how he was killed.
In response to the turmoil, the American State Department late Friday issued a travel advisory urging American citizens “to defer nonessential travel to Egypt at this time due to the continuing possibility of political and social unrest.”
It also authorized the departure of some nonemergency workers and family members.
United States Embassy officials did not release any details about the circumstances of Mr. Pochter’s death, but the family, in its statement, said, “As we understand it, he was witnessing the protest as a bystander and was stabbed by a protester.”United States Embassy officials did not release any details about the circumstances of Mr. Pochter’s death, but the family, in its statement, said, “As we understand it, he was witnessing the protest as a bystander and was stabbed by a protester.”
“Andrew was a wonderful young man looking for new experiences in the world and finding ways to share his talents while he learned,” the family said.“Andrew was a wonderful young man looking for new experiences in the world and finding ways to share his talents while he learned,” the family said.

Ben Hubbard contributed reporting from Cairo.