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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Peter Beaumont

US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says

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A woman throws rose petals on the coffins during funeral of children killed in a strike on 28 February on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran. Photograph: Amirhossein Khorgooei/AP

A preliminary US military investigation has reportedly determined that Washington was responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school in February that killed scores of children.

According to the New York Times, quoting unnamed US officials and others familiar with the initial findings, the investigation has concluded that the strike on 28 February on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military planners.

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