Palestinian child crushed to death at the Iraqi-Syrian borders

Friday September 12, 2008 06:26 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

Maher Hijazi, in charge of the media department at a relief committee aiding Palestinian refugees who were forced out of Iraq, stated on Wednesday that a 10-year old child died during evening hours on Tuesday after he was crushed by a vehicle on the international road between Baghdad and Damascus.

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The child Mohammad Kamal Ibrahim, died at the Syrian border as the refugees attempted to move him to a Syrian hospital. The bones in his legs were totally crushed and his abdomen was smashed.

It is worth mentioning that the family of the child was among the list of families of Palestinian refugees who were forced out of Iraq and were recently approved to move to Sweden. The family remained stranded on the Iraq-Syrian border for approximately 2 years and 3 months.   

In July 25, 2007, a child identified as Mohammad Mousa, 8, was killed in a similar accident on the Iraqi-Syrian borders.

The Committee for Relieving Palestinian Refugees in Iraq said that these accidents will most likely reoccur and that the solution is to save all of the refugees and aiding them to settle as they remain stranded in three refugee camps in the desert and are living under harsh conditions that lack even the basic components on decent livelihood. 

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