US was responsible for strike on Iran girls’ school, initial inquiry finds

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA US targeting mistake caused the strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children, the New York Times reports.The newspaper cited U.S. officials and others who are familiar with the preliminary findings of an ongoing military investigation.Iran has said at least 175 people, most of them children, were killed in the strike on Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school.U.S. officials initially cast doubt on claims that the U.S. was responsible despite video showing Tomahawk missiles, used by the U.S., striking near the school.Trump previously suggested that Iran was behind the bombing. NYT said its sources emphasized that the findings are preliminary.In fullIran-US war latest: Initial inquiry into Iran school missile strike ‘blames US mistake’ for deadly attackThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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