Heartbreaking Images Show Body of 4-Year-Old Refugee on Turkish Coast

The body was found between rocks by a Turkish fisherman.

ByABC News
November 23, 2015, 10:15 PM
Turkish coast guards try to get the body of a refugee girl out of sea after a boat sunk during the journey to Europe, at the shores of Turkey on Nov. 22, 2015.
Turkish coast guards try to get the body of a refugee girl out of sea after a boat sunk during the journey to Europe, at the shores of Turkey on Nov. 22, 2015.
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— -- New, heartbreaking photos show the body of a young refugee girl off the coast of Turkey, according to Turkish officials.

The body of the 4-year-old girl was found between rocks by a Turkish fisherman, officials said.

PHOTO: A body of a refugee girl is seen after a boat was sunk during the journey to Europe, at the shores of Turkey on Nov. 22, 2015.
A body of a refugee girl is seen after a boat was sunk during the journey to Europe, at the shores of Turkey on Nov. 22, 2015.

Officials believe the girl was one of the refugees who went missing after a dinghy capsized last Wednesday. Fifteen people went missing after the accident, and the 4-year-old was one of the many bodies recovered, said officials.

The girl's body was identified by one of the survivors, officials said.

In September, a series of photos circulated of another child refugee, a young boy, who also drowned on a Turkish beach, prompting outrage over the lack of help refugees were being given in Europe.