70 killed in suspected Syria chemical attack

70 killed in suspected Syria chemical attack

Damascus, April 8: At least 70 people were killed in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta in a suspected chemical attack, medics and rescuers said on Sunday. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in basements following the attack on Saturday, reports the BBC. It said the death toll was likely to rise. Several medical, monitoring and activist groups reported details of a chemical attack, but figures vary and what happened was still being determined. The pro-opposition Ghouta Media Centre said over 75 people had “suffocated” while a further thousand people had suffered. It blamed a barrel bomb allegedly dropped by a helicopter which it said contained sarin, a toxic nerve agent.

The Union of Medical Relief Organisations, a US-based charity that works with Syrian hospitals, told the BBC that the Damascus Rural Specialty Hospital had confirmed 70 deaths. She told the BBC that there were reports of people being treated for symptoms including convulsions and foaming of the mouth, consistent with nerve or mixed nerve and chlorine gas exposure. (IANS)

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