A 10-year-old Syrian girl who
suffered from diabetes has died on board a migrant boat heading
to Sicily because the men piloting the boat threw a backpack
containing her insulin into the sea.
The girl, who was travelling with her parents and sisters,
fell into a coma during the journey and died on the boat, which
was carrying more than 320 migrants.
Her father, who had protested when the backpack with her
insulin was tossed away, had to throw his child's body
overboard.
Diabetes is a metabolic disease. Sufferers take insulin to
regulate their blood sugar levels.
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