The boy recovers in the hospital surrounded by nurses and family members. (AFP/Gerry Images)
A six-year-old boy has had his eyes gouged out in an attack believed to have been carried out by an organ trafficker in China.
The child was found covered in blood three to four hours after he went missing while playing outside, according to a television report.
“He had blood all over his face. His eyelids were turned inside out. And inside, his eyeballs were not there,” his father told Shanxi Television.
The boy was drugged and “lost consciousness” before the attacker removed his eyes, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said on its account on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.
It was claimed that the boy’s eyes were found nearby but the corneas were missing.
Read more at Sky News.