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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Girl, 13, identified as victim of Hiroshima atomic bombing after 80 years

The hair and ashes of a victim of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima have been identified as that of a 13-year-old girl after nearly eight decades, officials said on Monday.

The city administration said this was the first time that DNA analysis had successfully identified a victim of the 6 August 1945 bombing.

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