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| #Aleppo Boy: Ash-covered child brings home horror of Syrian war to the world (GRAPHIC VIDEO, PHOTOS) | |
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| Harrowing images of an ash-covered boy who survived an air strike in Syria has quickly spread across the internet, shocking and disturbing social media users. | Harrowing images of an ash-covered boy who survived an air strike in Syria has quickly spread across the internet, shocking and disturbing social media users. |
| While there are many horrifying images from Syria, this, like the image of drowned Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi, managed to capture the world’s attention. | While there are many horrifying images from Syria, this, like the image of drowned Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi, managed to capture the world’s attention. |
| The boy was supposedly pulled from the rubble after an air strike in Aleppo’s Qaterji district, a rebel-held area, on what is thought to be Wednesday night. | The boy was supposedly pulled from the rubble after an air strike in Aleppo’s Qaterji district, a rebel-held area, on what is thought to be Wednesday night. |
| Video was circulated showing him being rescued from a ruined building and carried into an ambulance, where he is placed on an orange chair. | Video was circulated showing him being rescued from a ruined building and carried into an ambulance, where he is placed on an orange chair. |
| The dazed boy sits quietly in the chaos, before touching his face and then wiping the blood and dirt on the chair. | The dazed boy sits quietly in the chaos, before touching his face and then wiping the blood and dirt on the chair. |
| A second young boy is carried to the ambulance moments later, followed by a man covered in white ash. The victims were rescued by the White Helmets, or the Syrian Civil Defence, a group of volunteers who rescue people from bombed areas. | A second young boy is carried to the ambulance moments later, followed by a man covered in white ash. The victims were rescued by the White Helmets, or the Syrian Civil Defence, a group of volunteers who rescue people from bombed areas. |
| The boy has been identified as five-year-old Omran Daqneesh and his condition is stable. | The boy has been identified as five-year-old Omran Daqneesh and his condition is stable. |
| He was treated for his head injury and released from hospital later that night. | He was treated for his head injury and released from hospital later that night. |
| According to the Telegraph, eight others were wounded in the air strike, including four other children. | According to the Telegraph, eight others were wounded in the air strike, including four other children. |
| Most media sources have described the attacks as coming from either the Syrian military or Russia, largely because the video was first shared by an anti-government activist group, the Aleppo Media Centre, and posted on its Youtube channel late Wednesday night. | Most media sources have described the attacks as coming from either the Syrian military or Russia, largely because the video was first shared by an anti-government activist group, the Aleppo Media Centre, and posted on its Youtube channel late Wednesday night. |
| However, there is still no confirmation as to the source of the attacks. | However, there is still no confirmation as to the source of the attacks. |
| People around the world have expressed horror and frustration as they share images of Omran. | People around the world have expressed horror and frustration as they share images of Omran. |
| Others shared additional images and video from Aleppo and Syria. | Others shared additional images and video from Aleppo and Syria. |
| And some questioned why this image has gone viral and not ones of other children affected by war, including the US-backed Saudi air strikes in Yemen. | And some questioned why this image has gone viral and not ones of other children affected by war, including the US-backed Saudi air strikes in Yemen. |