Local Syrian groups hope to defuse tension after teen's murder

Mohammed Alsaleh’s mind exploded with competing emotions when he learned that a former Syrian refugee had been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen of Burnaby.
Relieved that an arrest was made for a terrible crime, the one-time Syrian dissident was soon “boiling with rage and shock and sadness” and later succumbed to a panic attack.
“I was happy at first when I heard they arrested somebody,” said Alsaleh, who was given political asylum here four years