Unicef ​​sends empty e-mail: 'No words for'

new york - Aid organization Unicef ​​sent a virtually blank press release on Wednesday. The children's rights organization of the UN has 'no words' for the misery that children undergo in Syria.

Geert Cappelaere, regional director of UNICEF Middle East and North Africa, states in a completely empty email: 'No word can do justice to the children killed, their mothers, their fathers and their loved ones. '

Unicef ​​explains at the bottom of the page: 'We have no more words to describe the suffering of children and to describe our outrage. Do those who suffer this cause words to justify these barbaric acts? '

The immediate cause is the extreme violence and the enormous death tolls in East Ghouta, but the anger and concern concern the situation throughout Syria, says a spokesperson for the Dutch branch of Unicef.

The ongoing shelling and bombings by government troops of the Syrian rebel enclave East Ghouta have killed hundreds of people since the weekend. Thousands of families are in mortal danger, warn many aid organizations and the United Nations.