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1st LD: 7 school children killed by rebel shelling in Aleppo

Xinhua, November 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least seven children were killed Sunday by rebel shelling on a school in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, a monitor group reported.

The shelling targeted a school on the al-Furqan neighborhood in the government-controlled part west of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

The official SANA news agency also reported the attack, saying 20 other children were wounded.

It added that all of the wounded are in critical conditions.

The attack is the latest in a series of endless shelling by the rebels on government-held part of Aleppo. Endit