Turkey: Tests confirm sarin used on Syrian town

By The Associated Press

Posted Apr 11, 2017 09:53:56 AM.

Last Updated Apr 11, 2017 10:50:39 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s health minister says test results conducted on victims of a chemical attack in northern Syria confirm that sarin gas was used.

Recep Akdag said Tuesday that blood and urine samples taken from the victims confirmed that they were subjected to the nerve agent. His comments were reported by the state-run Anadolu news agency.

Turkey last week conducted autopsies on three victims of the gas attack who were brought from Syria.

Officials from the World Health Organization and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons participated in the autopsies.

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