A Russian source claimed that Maher had died as a result of gun shot wounds inflicted by one of his bodyguards, and that he was receiving therapy at a Russian military hospital for twenty days. On Sunday May 27, 2012, his body was flown from Sheremetyevo Airport to Damascus Airport on a Tupolev TU-134 plane.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_al-Assad
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