DUBAI: Questions are mounting over a missile strike that destroyed a girls’ school in southern Iran killing hundreds of school girls after new video evidence suggested a US-made Tomahawk cruise missile may have been involved, according to reporting by Reuters and The New York Times.
US President Donald Trump said the incident was under investigation when asked whether Washington would accept responsibility for the strike.
“Well, I haven't seen it,” Trump told reporters.
“And I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is used by, you know, sold and used by other countries. You know that. And whether it's Iran, who also has some Tomahawks, they wish they had more. But whether it's Iran or somebody else, the fact that a Tomahawk, a Tomahawk is very generic, it's sold to other countries. But that's being investigated right now.”
The girls’ school in the city of Minab in southern Iran was struck on Feb. 28 during the opening day of US and Israeli military attacks on Iran. Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said the strike killed 150 students, though Reuters said it could not independently confirm the death toll.
