Katy Perry makes mistake over MH17 victims

By Jenna Clarke
Updated July 29 2014 - 10:08am, first published July 21 2014 - 4:02pm
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry  mistakenly thought volunteers of the UN's children's charity were killed when MH17 was shot down last week.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry mistakenly thought volunteers of the UN's children's charity were killed when MH17 was shot down last week.
Katy Perry's confusing tweet in support of MH 17 victims.  Photo: Twitter
Katy Perry's confusing tweet in support of MH 17 victims. Photo: Twitter

Katy Perry has posted a well-intentioned but misleading tweet in an attempt to offer her condolences to the victims of MH17.

“So INCREDIBLY sad to hear that there were 100 volunteers for UNICEF on flight MH17 Sending our prayers to all the families effected [sic],” she wrote to her 54 million followers.

However local UNICEF representatives have confirmed no staff or volunteers were on board the flight which claimed the lives of 298 people when it was shot down over the Ukraine on Friday.

“There were no UNICEF staff on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17,” a spokeswoman confirmed to Fairfax Media..

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