Starving Syria mum sets self, kids on fire

Updated January 14 2019 - 12:11am, first published 12:05am
A starving mother has tried to kill herself and her children at a refugee camp in eastern Syria.
A starving mother has tried to kill herself and her children at a refugee camp in eastern Syria.

A Syrian mother has attempted to burn herself and her children to death at a refugee camp in eastern Syria after she failed to find food for her family for three straight days, a civil defence spokesman says.

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