The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.
“When the first bomb hit the school, one of the teachers and the principal moved a group of students to the prayer hall to protect them,” one of the Red Crescent medics said, citing conversations he had at the time with survivors.
“The principal called the parents and told them to come and pick up their children. But the second bomb hit that area as well. Only a small number of those who had taken shelter survived.”
According to an education ministry spokesperson, the destruction was so severe that 69 schoolgirls are yet to be identified and their remains are currently undergoing DNA testing.
One of the Red Crescent medics described the scene as “unbelievable”.
“We saw bodies without heads, without hands, without legs,” he said.
The medic described dozens of severed limbs scattered around the school grounds. Some children were so badly burned that identifying them was extremely difficult.
