Syrian Children Hold Pokemon Pictures Asking People to Save Them

UNICEF reports that 35000 children are trapped in and around the Syrian city of Manbij, where the air strikes hit.

More than 50 civilians were killed by air strikes in northern Syria, the majority of them women and children. (Photo: Twitter/RFS_mediaoffice)

Photos of children holding pictures of Pokemon characters have been circulating on the internet. The children are asking the world to find and save them.

The photos that have been posted on Twitter and Facebook show dejected children holding Pokemon pictures with text that translates to “I am here, come save me”.

Some pictures have the location mentioned in them. One of them read, “I am in Kafr Nabl on the outskirts of Idlib, come and save me”.

Syrian children holding Pokemon photos in hopes the world will find them and save them. (Photo: Sedat Gündüz)

The pictures had a message too which translated to “I am here, come save me”. (Photo: Sedat Gündüz)

Some of the photos had their location for the people to find them. (Photo: Sedat Gündüz)

The photographs were posted online by the Revolutionary Force of Syria Media Office. (Photo: Sedat Gündüz)

The photographs were posted online by the Revolutionary Force of Syria Media Office (RFS), a media outlet for the working to spread the messages of Syrians against Bashar al-Assasd’s presidential regime.

“With the media spread wide for Pokemon game we decided to publish these images to highlight the suffering of the Syrian people from the bombing of the forces of order and Air-Assad to the Syrian people and besiege them”, a spokesperon for RFS told The Independent.

Thousands of people are commenting on the posts expressing sympathy and sharing prayers for the children.

The Syria Solidarity Campaign (SSC), a UK-based organisation that offers political solidarity to the Syrian Revolution tweeted:

Unicef has said it estimates that 35,000 children are trapped in and around the Syrian city of Manbij, where the air strikes hit.

Source: The Independent