VIDEO: Mosul child loses sight by IS mortar, calls for help
A young child from Mosul in northern Iraq lost her vision after an Islamic State (IS) mortar shell hit her home, severely wounding her.
QAYYARAH, Iraq (Kurdistan24) – A young child from Mosul in northern Iraq lost her vision after an Islamic State (IS) mortar shell hit her home, severely wounding her.
Seven-year-old Du’aa was playing with her friends in her front yard when an IS shell struck the area causing her to lose her eyesight.
Her father shared the tragic events with Kurdistan24 correspondent Nawras Abdullah on Sunday.
The father said he took her to hospitals in Erbil for medical treatment where doctors told him Du’aa’s eyes could be recovered if she was taken abroad for surgery.
Her father called for assistance through Kurdistan24 to help take Du’aa abroad for medical treatment.
“I don’t have money to buy her shoes, how can I take her abroad? Where can I get that amount of money?” He pleaded.
Du’aa and her father currently live at the Jad’aa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Qayyarah town located in southern Mosul.
The director assistant of the camp told Kurdistan24 they had already asked charity organizations to help fund Du’aa’s surgery abroad.
IS occupied Mosul in June 2014 and shortly expanded to other parts of Iraq.
The group has committed many crimes against civilians, and Du’aa’s case is only one of thousands.
Editing by Karzan Sulaivany