2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack | |
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Part of the Syrian civil war | |
Location | Kafr Zita, Hama, Syria |
Date | 11 April 2014 |
Target | Unknown |
Attack type | Chemical attack |
Weapons | Chlorine |
Deaths | 3 civilians |
Injured | Around 100, 5 seriously |
Perpetrators | Unknown |
The 2014 Kafr Zita chemical attack occurred on 11 April 2014, in the rebel-held northern Syrian town of Kafr Zita during the Syrian Civil War. The attack reportedly wounded around 100 people (5 seriously) and killed three.[1][2] Syria's state television, SANA blamed the attack on the Islamist Al-Nusra Front using "toxic chlorine",[3] while the opposition blamed barrel bombs dropped by government forces.[4][5]
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