Syria: Further Information: 10-year-old girl in need of surgery evacuated: Ghina Ahmad Wadi
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl seriously wounded by sniper fire at a Syrian government checkpoint on 2 August, was successfully evacuated to Damascus to receive the urgent surgery she needed.
Further information on UA: 190/16 Index: MDE 24/4688/2016 Syria 23 August 2016
URGENT ACTION
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN NEED OF SURGERY EVACUATED
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl seriously wounded by sniper fire at a Syrian
government checkpoint on 2 August, was successfully evacuated to Damascus to
receive the urgent surgery she needed.
Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old Syrian girl shot in the leg on 2 August by a sniper at a government checkpoint
in Madaya, a town west of Damascus besieged by Syrian government forces in alliance with Hizbullah fighters, was
evacuated to a hospital in Damascus on 13 August to receive the urgent surgery she needed.
Ghina Ahmad Wadi and her 8-year-old sister were on their way to buy medicine for their mother at around 11am on
2 August when they were both wounded at Abdel Majed checkpoint in Madaya. The Syrian government forces had
blocked her evacuation to a hospital to receive urgently needed surgery. A relative said that Ghina Ahmad Wadi
was shot in her left thigh by a sniper, causing a complex bone fracture and a nerve cut. She added that her sister
was also injured.
According to the Syrian Red Crescent, Ghina Ahmad Wadi and her mother were escorted from the besieged town
of Madaya to Damascus overnight on 13 August. Ghina Ahmad Wadi’s surgery was successful and she is currently
recovering.
No further action is requested from UA network. Thank you to all those who sent appeals.
This is the first update of UA 190/16. Further information: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/MDE24/4642/2016/en/
Name: Ghina Ahmad Wadi
Gender m/f: f
Further information on UA: 190/16 Index: MDE 24/4688/2016 Issue Date: 23 August 2016