Islamic State Launch Chemical Attack In Northern Iraq

VICE News: Islamic State Chemical Weapons Attack Said to Injure 600 and Kill 3-Year-Old Girl in Iraq

The Islamic State (IS) launched two attacks using chemical weapons on a town in northern Iraq early on Saturday, Iraqi officials told the Associated Press, a week after US-led coalition airstrikes targeted the militant group's chemical facilities.

A 3-year-old girl was killed and around 600 people were reportedly injured in the small town of Taza, not far from Kirkuk. Hundreds more are said to have fled their homes. Helmi Hamdi, a nurse at the Taza hospital, told the AP that the wounded were being treated for infected burns, suffocation from the chemical agents, and dehydration. Eight people in severe condition were transported to a hospital in Baghdad, which is about 170 miles south of Kirkuk.

"There is fear and panic among the women and children," Adel Hussein, a local official in Taza, told AP. "They're calling for the central government to save them."

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