At least 83 people died in the Khan Sheikun attack on April 4
AFP, Oct. 4, 2017 - Sarin nerve agent was used in an 'incident' at a northern Syrian village in late March, five days before the deadly attack on Khan Sheikhun, the world's chemical watchdog said Wednesday.
'Analysis of samples collected (by the OPCW)... relates to an incident that took place again in the northern part of Syria on the 30th of March this year,' the head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons told AFP in an exclusive interview.
'The results prove the existence of sarin,' Ahmet said.
The Khan Sheikun attack on April 4 was previously believed to have been the first use of sarin since the deadly August 2013 attack in and around Damascus which killed hundreds of people.
Two days after Khan Sheikhun incident in which at least 83 people died, the United States fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase from which it said the attack was launched.
But said sarin had been used in a village called Al-Lataminah, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Khan Sheikun on March 30.
'Analysis of samples collected (by the OPCW)... relates to an incident that took place again in the northern part of Syria on the 30th of March this year,' the head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons told AFP in an exclusive interview.
'The results prove the existence of sarin,' Ahmet said.
The Khan Sheikun attack on April 4 was previously believed to have been the first use of sarin since the deadly August 2013 attack in and around Damascus which killed hundreds of people.
Two days after Khan Sheikhun incident in which at least 83 people died, the United States fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase from which it said the attack was launched.
But said sarin had been used in a village called Al-Lataminah, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) south of Khan Sheikun on March 30.
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