Brother of Syrian boy pulled from Aleppo rubble dies in hospital [View all]
Source: The Observer
Brother of Syrian boy pulled from Aleppo rubble dies in hospital
10-year-old Ali Daqneesh, brother of Omran, died from his
injuries three days after airstrike as frustration grows over
civilian suffering
Lin Jenkins and Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 20 August 2016 19.12 BST
The airstrike that destroyed the home of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh who was photographed after being pulled from the rubble has claimed the life of his brother.
Ali, 10, was not with his younger brother at home but playing with friends out in the street when the bomb fell on Wednesday. While his family sustained minor injuries when their home collapsed he was more seriously hurt in the blast.
It emerged today that he had died from his injuries in hospital. The boys father received mourners at his temporary home after news broke of the death.
Kenan Rahmani, a Syrian activist wrote online: Omran became the global symbol of Aleppos suffering but to most people he is just that a symbol. Ali is the reality: that no story in Syria has a happy ending.
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