Defense Ministry denies ISIS bombardment of al-Baghdadi District with chlorine gas
Logo of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MoD). File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – The Iraqi Ministry of Defense denied, that the ISIS militants shelled the residential area in al-Baghdadi district with chlorine gas rockets.
The ministry said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The ISIS elements did not shell the residential area in the district of al-Baghdadi (90 km west of Ramadi) with rockets carrying chlorine gas,” adding that, “The criminal bombardment was carried out by two mortar rounds.”
Yesterday, a source in Anbar revealed that 3 children suffered from suffocation due to an attack in which ISIS militants used chlorine gas rockets against the residential area in al-Baghdadi.
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