72 dead in suspected Syria chemical attack: new toll

AFP  |  Beirut 

The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 72, 20 of them children, a monitoring group said today.

"There were also 17 women among the dead and the death toll could rise further because there are people missing," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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72 dead in suspected Syria chemical attack: new toll

The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 72, 20 of them children, a monitoring group said today. "There were also 17 women among the dead and the death toll could rise further because there are people missing," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 72, 20 of them children, a monitoring group said today.

"There were also 17 women among the dead and the death toll could rise further because there are people missing," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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