Mentally disabled six-year-old Syrian migrant is found abandoned in a Turkish coal bunker after his family tied up his legs and left him to die
- Cuma Ibrahim, six, from Syria, was found in a coal bunker in Turkey
- The boy had had his legs tied together before being thrown in
- Mentally disabled boy is believed to have been left to die by his family
- He was found starving with partial frostbite and is now in hospital
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A six-year-old disabled Syrian boy has been found abandoned in Turkey after someone tied up his limbs and threw him in a coal bunker.
Cuma Ibrahim is believed to have been separated from his mother while fleeing Syria and may have been left to die by members of his own family.
He was found starving and suffering from hypothermia in a coalfield bunker in the Yakutiye district of the city of Erzurum, eastern Turkey.
Left to die: Six-year-old Cuma Ibrahim was found with his legs tied together in a coal bunker in Erzurum, Turkey
Turkish authorities have managed to establish that Cuma's father has died in Syria and that his mother is missing, possibly somewhere in Europe.
They have made contact with the boy's grandmother, but she has reportedly refused to have anything to do with him.
According to her, the young boy suffers from learning difficulties and is a 'liability she cannot cope with'.
She said he was with his parents and had no idea how he ended up with his legs tied and left to die in a coal bunker in Turkey.
Cuma was taken to Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital were he was treated for frostbite and and social services are now trying to track down his mother.
Saved: The Syrian boy, pictured in hospital, was found abandoned, starving and suffering from hypothermia
Treated: Cuma is being given chocolate at the hospital after good Samaritans donate clothes and food
Abandoned: Cuma's father has died in Syria and his mother is missing, possibly somewhere in Europe
Dr Orhan Delice said: 'When the police teams went to the coal bunker of a building following a tip-off, they found him with his legs tied.
'There were partial frostbite symptoms and he was hungry. He has been hungry for some time he said but we don't know how long it was since he last ate.
'We tried to contact his relatives. He has a grandmother but she refused to take care of him.
'We have not been able to find his mother and his father vanished in Syria and is believed dead.
All alone: Social serviced have been able to track down his grandmother in Syria who wants nothing to do with him because of his mental disability
Cuma was taken to Erzurum Regional Training and Research Hospital were he was treated for frostbite and and social services are now trying to track down his mother
'He has mentally disabled and it seems as if he has been abandoned.
'When the police teams found him, they brought him to us. He had nothing, but his story has moved people so much that people came in bringing him pyjamas, soup and fruit.'
Pediatric Specialist Dr. Sumeyra Danisman added that as no one from his family has been found in Turkey, Cuma is going to be handed over to social services.
'We are making the necessary relevant procedures for him. There are no problems with his general state of health.
The child has mental disabilities and psychiatrists are already giving the necessary support.'
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