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25 women and children killed, injured in shelling targeted hospital in Fallujah

 25 women and children killed, injured in shelling targeted hospital in Fallujah

Representational file photo

Representational file photo
Representational file photo

(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – Eyewitnesses in al-Anbar province announced on Thursday that 25 women and children were killed in shelling targeted Fallujah Hospital.

The witnesses said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, ” Fallujah Hospital for Women and Children, located west of the city, came under heavy shelling, which resulted in the killing of 25 women and children and 30 others injured, including female cadres belonging to the hospital.”

Witnesses said that “the dead bodies were transferred to the forensic medicine department and the wounded to Fallujah General Hospital for treatment.”

Officials and tribal leaders asserted in earlier times, that ISIS is using civilians as human shields.

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