Investigations on the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in Syrian Kurdistan

ARK News: British newspaper The Times shed light on the 13-year-old Kurdish boy, whose body was burnt with white phosphorus, is struggling with pain and death as a result of Turkish bombardment of Sari Kaniye in northern Syria a few days ago

The British newspaper confirmed that Mohammed's injury is clear and strong evidence of much mounting evidence confirming Turkey's use of prohibited weapons against Syrian Kurds.

Amnesty International announced on Friday that Turkish forces and their factions committed war crimes in Syrian Kurdistan.

In detail, the newspaper quoted its correspondent Anthony Lloyd, who covered the story, said: "The burns of the painful child brought to the Syrian Kurdish hospital in Tel Tamer were enough to make the medical staff harden what they saw, where the child suffered from horrific burns after a Turkish airstrike on his town early Thursday, his father said. It was the terrible wounds that hit 13-year-old Mohammed Hamid from his shoulders and penetrated deeply into his body indicate that his injuries were caused by something much worse than the explosion alone”.

The newspaper added, "this case provides further evidence of a set of evidence that indicates that Turkey, a member of NATO, is using white phosphorus against Kurdish civilians in its eight-day offensive in northern Syria."

Furthermore, the paper indicated that the munitions burned the body of Muhammad exploded outside his family's home in Sari Kaniye(Ras al-Ain) amid heavy shelling of a Turkish on Wednesday, turning the street into a sea of flames and burned bodies.

The paper added that "although Mohammed's father managed to remove him from Sari Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) at night with his wife and three other children, doctors say that he suffers from burns of more than 70 percent of his body and is unlikely to live without specialist treatment".

Expert confirms: It is white phosphorus

"These deep burns seem to be caused by white phosphorus," said Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a British chemical weapons expert, after examining photographs of Mohammed's burns.

The newspaper pointed out that many of the images appeared in recent days, revealing such kind of burns.

White phosphorus, a weapon that can be used by aerial or artillery bombardment, reacts with moisture in the skin in a way that increases its burning, so that water cannot extinguish it.

Source: Agencies

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