Drowned boy’s father accused of being people smuggler

Aylan Kurdi: Drowned boy’s father accused of being people smuggler in charge of boat that crashed

THE father of the three-year-old boy whose lifeless body on a Turkish beach shocked the world was allegedly a people smuggler and was driving the boat when it crashed, killing his son.

Network Ten this evening aired allegations that Aylan Kurdi’s father Abdullah was a people smuggler who captained the vessel which flipped off the Turkish coast.

An Iraqi woman on board the boat, who lost two of her children, made the allegations from Iraq today.
It was alleged they had paid $10,000 for the trip.


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