Boy in the ambulance: Image of child pulled from rubble of Syria that shocked the world

Aug 18, 2016 - 07:10
Aug 18, 2016 - 08:19
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Boy in the ambulance: Image of child pulled from rubble of Syria that shocked the world
Picture of wounded Omran Daqneesh captures brutality of Syrian conflict

A picture of a wounded boy has become a symbol of the brutality of the Syrian conflict.

Omran Daqneesh, who is five years old, was one of five children injured in a Russian or Syrian air strike in Qaterji, a neighbourhood in Aleppo.

The photograph, which was sent by a doctor working in Aleppo, was shared thousands of times on social media.

Waing: Graphic images

A video was released by Aleppo Media Center in which rescuers pull Omran from the rubble of a house. He doesn"t cry.

Doctor in #Aleppo just sent this photo of a dazed child who survived an airstrike pic.twitter.com/IHLDc6KPh8 — Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) August 17, 2016

Omran was taken to the M10 hospital – itself hit by air strikes – where doctors treated his head injury and cleaned the dust from his body. He was later released.

Around 12 other children, all under the age of 15, were treated yesterday.

 

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