Alleged Chemical Attack, April 13, 2013

What would be the first confirmed chemical weapons attack of the Syrian conflict (if confirmed, and it's not the first allegation) was reported on April 13, 2013, in the recently "liberated" Sheikh Maqsoud district of Aleppo. The initial death toll was three, later updated to four - two infants aged one and two years old, and two women (originally one). 16 others were reportedly effected by the poison gas that activists say was dropped from a Syrian military helicopter.

This page is a stub. The following will be moved soon to the Talk page, as soon as anyone want to start talking about it, or maybe a bit after. --Caustic Logic (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

SOHR post, April 13: Casualties and injuries in Aleppo
 * Aleppo province: Two children aged 1 and 2 years old were martyred and a woman was killed by wounds. They were killed by 2 bombs dropped by a military helicopter on their house in the al-Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood, based on activists from the neighbourhood. The casualties' neighbours reported to the Syrian Observatory that they heard a helicopter at dawn and later heard two explosions, after heading to the house they found some of the residents unconscious and others killed. 16 were wounded by poisonous gases and were transported to the A'frin city, medical sources reported that those injured suffered hallucinations, severe vomiting, nose bleeding and eye burning, one of which lost eye sight. The Syrian Observatory calls upon the United Nations and the Red Cross to immediately send committees for treating the injuries and discovering the nature of the gases, that has been reportedly used in al-Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood. --Caustic Logic (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Five photos accompany:
 * Image 1: little kid (dead? aged 2?) --Caustic Logic (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Image 2: bomb fragment? --Caustic Logic (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Image 3: Woman, app. dead, major yellow moucous from nose and mouth. (chlorine gas poisoning sign: "a profuse exudation of a thin, light yellow, albuminous fluid by the bronchial mucous membrane." ) --Caustic Logic (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Image 4: Young man or teenager (not dead?), nose plugged (to keep mucous in?)
 * Image 5: Baby, dead (one year old?) --Caustic Logic (talk) 13:38, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Later update, Preliminary death toll for Saturday 13/04/2013
 * 2 children and 2 women were poisoned to death by gases from bombs dropper by an aircraft on the al-Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood.