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Iraqi girl dies after ISIS chemical attack

AFP

A three-year-old Iraqi girl wounded in a chemical attack by the ISIS group died in hospital on Friday, medical sources and officials said. “She died of respiratory complications and kidney failure... Caused by the mustard agent used by Daesh (ISIS) in Taza," said Masrour Aswad, of the Iraqi Commission for Human Rights. Fatima Samir was among the dozens of people hospitalised after a chemical attack carried out Wednesday on the town of Taza, just south of the city of Kirkuk.