Gassed where they had hidden, Syrian families killed in minutes
Warning: This story contains graphic images of dead and injured children. These shocking images, released on social media by anti-government activists, show the victims of an alleged chemical attack on innocent civilians hiding underground from conventional bombs in the besieged rebel-held Syrian town of Douma. These are the victims of a chemical attack.” The White Helmets rescue group said at least 43 people were killed and hundreds injured after the the deadly chemicals were released on Saturday night. Mohamed Hassan Al-Masri, an anti-regime activist who told CNN he left Douma for Jarablus four days ago, saw the dead bodies of his friend Abu Hassan Al-Sheikh’s children in the videos and pictures coming out of the town. He said the fact some of them died on the stairs suggests they might have smelled gas and tried to reach higher floors, “where the probability of being killed by chemicals would be less.” Activist groups, including the Douma Coordination Committee and the Ghouta Media Center, said barrel bombs filled with toxic gas were dropped from helicopters over the town Saturday, causing people to suffocate and choke.
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