‘The Missile Completely Destroyed the Ceiling of the House’: US Military Might Have Hit a Wedding Party By Mistake, and Killed 4 People
CENTCOM said it is looking into reports after Iranian state media said the strike killed 4 people and wounded more than 60.
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The United States and Iran resumed heavy firing at each other last week after a month. The US military says military targets were attacked again on Tuesday, but Iran says a US strike also hit a residential building where a wedding was being held.
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The Independent (US)What happened in suspected US strike which hit Iran wedding killing four people?
The Iranian Red Crescent has called for an investigation into the incident
‘The Missile Completely Destroyed the Ceiling of the House’: US Military Might Have Hit a Wedding Party By Mistake, and Killed 4 People
CENTCOM now says it is looking into the circumstances of the wedding strike, a shift from first pointing to Iranian state media, and a weapons expert told the AP the weapon was likely an American air-delivered guided munition. The site sits eighteen miles from a school struck on the war's first day that the Pentagon has never explained, and the Red Crescent has asked the ICC to investigate.
The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to an analysis by weapons experts and a visual analysis by The New York Times. Five people were killed in the attack, while 67 were injured, the Iranian authorities announced.
US Bomb Hits Iranian Wedding, Killing Five
An American-made bomb struck a residential area in Khoy, Iran, killing five people and wounding 67, according to Iranian authorities. The incident occurred during what witnesses described as a wedding celebration, transforming a joyous occasion into a tragedy.
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