Toxic gas attack injures more than 100 in Syria

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Aleppo: More than 100 people were hospitalized in the government-controlled city of Aleppo after they were injured in a toxic gas attack, reported Syrian state news agency on Sunday.

“Terrorist groups shelled residential areas in Aleppo with explosive projectiles containing toxic gas that led to civilians choking,” Cmdr. Gen. Issam al-Shilli of Aleppo Police told the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Some of those affected by the gas were hospitalized, with the severity of cases ranging from mild to medium, SANA reported, citing hospital sources. It said 107 people were injured.

The Syrian army responded by shelling the source of the attack, SANA reported, without providing additional details.

According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, as many as 94 civilians, including dozens of children, suffered from asphyxiation following the attack in Aleppo.

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