Suspected gas attack in Syria kills over 55, mass injuries reported

Bombs reportedly hit a hospital treating victims from a suspected chemical attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun on Tuesday in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, according to AFP.

The report emerged after a British-based war monitoring group said the suspected gas attack conducted by the Syrian government or Russian jets killed at least 58 people, including nine children, and injured dozens more.

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The Syrian army could not immediately be reached for comment. Damascus has repeatedly denied using chemical weapons.

The attack caused many people to choke or faint, and some had foam coming out of their mouths, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, citing medical sources who described it as a sign of a gas attack.

 

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