Iraq: Over 400 injuries reported in ISIS-led chemical attack in Taza Khurmatu
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced that the number of people attacked with mustard gas in Taza Khurmatu, south of Kirkuk province in northern Iraq, have exceeded 400 people, after radicals of the Islamic State (ISIS) hit the area with missiles carrying chemical substances on the town.
“The number of people attacked with poisonous gas in Taza Khurmatu reached 409 civilians after ISIS bombarded the area with missiles contain mustard gas and chemicals over the past two days,” Masrour Aswad, member of the Board of Commissioners, said in a press statement.
The Human Rights official pointed out that the injuries varied from one person to another as burns appeared on different parts of their bodies with sudden tumors and skin bubbles on their faces.