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Forgive us for moralising, but we think you’ll agree that it’s pretty cruel to tell a Syrian child refugee that an aeroplane flying overhead is about to drop a bomb.

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But that’s what one man did in Istanbul, Turkey, for a ‘prank’.

The kid must have been terrified.

In footage widely shared across Turkish social media, a man walks up behind a child sat on the floor in a playground and tells him that a plane flying overhead is about to drop explosives.


The child looks for a safe space to hide (Picture: CEN)

The child leaps to his feet and sets off in search of a safe place to hide.

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The boy eventually scrambles over the low fence which rings the playground area and runs towards the wall, against which he presses himself to try to gain some protection.



Only then does the man admit that it’s a joke, and the video cuts out.

Users on social media in Turkey have roundly condemned the prank.

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