48 people killed, wounded in mortar attack on Fallujah District
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(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – A source in Fallujah General Hospital said Saturday, that the hospital received 48 people that were either killed or injured as a result of a mortar attack on the distract.
The source stated for IraqiNews.com: “Fallujah General Hospital received the bodies of 25 people, including three children and four women, and 23 wounded, including five women and six children, as victims after their homes were subjected to mortar fire in different areas of Fallujah.”
The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “The dead bodies were transferred to the forensic medicine department, while the wounded are kept in the hospital to receive the necessary treatment,” noting that, “the injuries varied between medium and critical.”