Report says combination of errors led to U.S. bombing of MSF hospital - NYT


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

Members of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) look inside the damaged compound of a MSF hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan October 17, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike that destroyed a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz last month resulted from "human errors, failures in procedure and technical malfunctions," the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing military officials briefed on an internal investigation.

The Oct. 3 attack, condemned by the medical charity as a war crime, killed 30 people and wounded at least 37. The findings of a U.S. military investigation into the incident will be made public on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.

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