Aylan Kurdi's father is a people smuggler, woman claims

By News on the Net Sydney Morning Herald —— Bio and Archives September 11, 2015

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A woman who was on the boat carrying drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi has accused his father of being a people smuggler.

Channel Ten reported Zainab Abbas, who lost two children in the tragedy, claims Abdullah Kurdi was at the helm of the boat when it sunk off the Turkish coast. "He was a smuggler, yes. He was the one that was driving the boat," the woman told Ten over Skype from Iraq through a translator. Read more: