Syrian boy ’FAKES DEAD’ to save his sister from Sniper

Syrian ’hero boy’ appears to brave sniper fire to rescue terrified girl in dramatic video. Amateur video which was posted on YouTube by Syrian activists, and which cannot be independently verified, appear YRIA! SYRIAN HERO BOY rescue girl in shootout الصبي السوري البطل - YouTube شبكة شام الإخبارية | Shaam News Network Website #‏بالفيديو .. شاهد شجاعة طفل سوري ينقذ فتاة صغيرة من قناصة قوات الأسد #‏الوطن #‏سوريا A video has emerged purporting to show a young Syrian boy braving heavy sniper fire to make a daring rescue of a small girl frozen with fear under a car. The one-minute clip, posted on the YouTube site of the activist Shaam News Network channel, seems to show a boy of around eight years old get up after being shot at and run to save another child stranded in the middle of the road under a burnt-out truck. Some viewers have speculated that the boy pretends to have been hit by one of the bullets in order to fool the sniper and get a break in the gunfire, before running up and leading the cowering girl out of harm’s way. A group of men, who film the scene from behind the safety of a brick wall, can be heard exclaiming “allahu akbar” (God is great) when the boy gets up after appearing to be shot dead. The two run down the street hand-in-hand as they are shot at again, with bullets kicking up dust around them, but they both appear to survive. The video has been viewed more than 200,000 times since it was uploaded on Monday. The Telegraph cannot independently verify the footage and it is not known exactly where in Syria it took place, however experts tell the paper they have no reason to doubt its authenticity. It would not be there first time gunmen had targeted children in the nearly four years of bloody civil war. More than 11,000 children have died in war-torn Syria since 2011, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a report by the London-based Oxford Research group revealed earlier this month. The group found that sniper fire killed 389 Syrian children under the age of 17 between March 2011 and August 2013. The UN has previously accused the Syrian regime of “crimes against humanity“ – including the use of snipers against small children. Thanks for the Description : @PacNam / Please as always feel free to share,comment,like and subscribe. No copyright infringement is intended. _ Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.