Reports of the use of chemical weapons in Aleppo – killed a mother with two children – Virtual Poland

• Three people were killed in an attack by government forces on rebel-controlled neighborhoods in Aleppo, Syria – informed the employee of local emergency services
 

 • The attack was carried out with the use of chemical weapons; He killed the mother of two children
 

The information passed Khaled Harah, who was the first after the attack assisted. He wrote on the Internet that the helicopter government forces dropped on Wednesday evening, four barrel bombs on one of the eastern districts of Aleppo. In his opinion, one of the bombs contained chlorine, whose use as a gas warfare prohibited by international law.

For now, this information has not been confirmed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in London, reported that government forces dropped a number of bombs barrel on rebel districts, resulting in two people were killed and many had difficulty breathing. The Observatory does not mention, however, of the use of chlorine.
 

Chlorine is highly toxic, irritates the respiratory system and mucous membranes, and poisoning can lead to death. It was used as a nerve gas during World War I.
 

 Unconfirmed reports of the use of chlorine against civilians appeared at the beginning of August in the village dominated by the rebels Sarakeb in Idlib province in northwestern Syria, where a day earlier shot down Russian military helicopter with five aboard.
 

The next day, in support of the Syrian government forces accused the Russian army of the use of chemical weapons the rebels in Aleppo; in this attack had killed seven people. USA did not confirm this information.