‘Greedy family to blame for dead boy’
A former Ukip candidate sparked outrage after his Twitter account claimed a dead toddler's family were “greedy for the good life”.
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A former Ukip candidate, Peter Bucklitsch, sparked outrage on Thursday night after his Twitter account claimed a dead toddler's refugee family were “greedy for the good life”.
Images of three-year-old Aylan al-Kurdi on a Turkish beach shocked the world.
Mr Bucklitsch, who won 2 500 votes for Ukip at the general election, drew sharp criticism after tweeting: “The little Syrian boy was well clothed and well fed.
He died because his parents were greedy for the good life in Europe.”
His Twitter account has been deleted.
The Independent