24 dead, 8 missing after 2 hospitals and a school struck in Syria, sources say

February 15, 2016 19:24

Two hospitals and a school building in northern Syria were struck Monday morning, leaving at least 24 people dead and eight missing, according to reports.

Fifteen people were killed when a hospital and a school building that was housing displaced people were struck in Azaz, in Syria's Aleppo province, according to a hospital worker on the scene. Up to 40 other people were wounded.

A hospital employee known as Moudhar told CNN that staff were evacuating the wounded after the first strike on the Women and Children's Hospital when the complex and road were struck again. Women and children were among the dead, he said.

Another projectile hit a nearby school building housing displaced people, he added.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the strikes.

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