Thursday, August 14, 2014

Iraqi children 'drinking their parents' blood to stay alive': How refugees stranded on Mount Sinjar are cutting their hands to save their young

 Scattered: A graphic showing the various escape routes the Yazidis have taken, often through hundreds of kilometres of desert terrain, after being attacked by ISIS


Children trapped on a mountain by Islamic State militants in Iraq are drinking blood from their parents to stay alive, it emerged today.

Their horrendous plight was revealed after some 8,000 Yazidis were finally able to escape down Mount Sinjar where they have been under siege from jihadist fighters for the last week.

Those fleeing have made it to relative safety at a camp in Dohuk Province in Kurdistan, where they have told horrific stories of the 30,000 who have been left behind.

Sky News correspondent Sherine Tadros, who is at the camp, said: 'One man has just told us how he saw four children die of thirst. 

'There was nowhere to bury them on the mountain so they just put rocks on their bodies.

'Another man was saying the children were so thirsty, their parents started cutting their own hands and giving them blood to drink.' 

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3 comments:

  1. Brock TownsendAugust 14, 2014 at 10:16 PM

    wonder if Syria (and Russia) are going to take it lying down.

    Well, Syria has it's hands full and Russia seemed to back down somewhat today on Ukraine, so damn if I know.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 16, 2014 at 2:26 PM

    While the whole world looks on, finally a rescue but not by the US; they were
    protecting the oil..Bless these peoples hearts.

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