Turkey says sarin gas used in Idlib chemical attack

Turkey says sarin gas used in Idlib chemical attack.

New evidence has emerged in an attack on Tuesday in northern Syria that killed at least 86 people, including 30 children.

The Turkish health ministry says that initial tests on victims from the attack in Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province show they were exposed to chemical agents.

Test results of the injured who were taken to Turkey for treatment indicate the deadly nerve agent Sarin may have been used.

Activists say 86 people – 30 of them children – were killed in the chemical incident in

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher reports from Beirut.

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