Three-year-old Iraqi girl dies after ISIS chemical attack

A three-year-old Iraqi girl died in a chemical attack by the so called-Islamic State

A three-year-old Iraqi girl died in a chemical attack by the so called-Islamic State group has died in a hospital, medical sources and officials said.

“She died of respiratory complications and kidney failure caused by the mustard agent used by ISIS in Taza,” said Masrour Aswad of the Iraqi Commission for Human Rights.

Fatima Samir was among the dozens of people hospitalized after a chemical attack carried out on Wednesday on the town of Taza, just south of the city of Kirkuk.

Burhan Abdallah, the head of Kirkuk Health Directorate, said four people in serious condition were transferred to Baghdad and 200 people had been treated since the attack.

The Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US-led coalition against ISIS had carried out air strikes on the jihadist group’s chemical weapons sites.

It said the targets were identified following the capture in Iraq last month of a man presented as the group’s top chemical expert.