Carmenta Daily Star - AIR RAID HITS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN XIHE
28 Jan 2017Vin Delanos
Carmenta Daily Star - 27 January, 3303'All of the Sector' at Stake
Zhen Dock, XIHE - A chemical strike killed a family of six in government held Shepherd Silo, early yesterday, and Diamond Frog shelling took the lives of eight at a children's hospital at nearby Pierres Beacon, as the invasion of Xihe continues.
An inquiry by the Galactic Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has said that Diamond Frog military forces have used nerve gas in canister bombs at least three times during the war. Diamond Frogs spokesmen out of 63 G. Capricorni deny it. They also deny using improvised ordinance made of cargo canisters filled with high explosive, and dropped on local settlements. Their use has been condemned by the GOPCW for causing unnecessary civilian suffering.
"We certainly would use conventional air-to-ground weaponry to kill those people," said DF spokesman, Jaime Escalante, with a shrug "unfortunately no such weaponry exists in the technologically advanced galaxy of the 34th century."
Diamond Frog air strikes continued to hit several surface districts in Xihe on Thursday, after at least 450 people were killed in bombings on Wednesday.
So far it is estimated that 22,000 civilians have been killed by Diamond Frog bombings.
CMDR Hipster Cutthroat, spokesman for the Xihe controlling party, Space Poultry, condemned the Diamond Frog air raids. His comments came after he met representatives of the New Xihe Law Party in the capital, Zhen Dock.
"Today's war is all-out war. I condemn this in the name of all the people of this sector. I will take the initiative to bring together those who share the same vision for Xihe's future in the coming hours and days," he said. "You can't stand there and wait for Xihe to fall." he added, "because it is not only Xihe at stake - it is all of the Sector."
Video of the Xihean family killed was distributed online by the medics. It showed the bodies of four children stretched out on a floor, their lips blue and dark marks around their open eyes.
Medics and residents in government-held areas often accuse the Diamond Frog military of using chemical and nerve agents in canister bomb attacks, but the difficulty in reaching besieged areas makes it hard for interstellar agencies to verify the claims.
Residents of Baraswar and LHS 510 have also accused the Diamond Frogs of using toxic gas in artillery shells, including during a major assault on Liska Enterprise earlier this year.
Adem Osman, Reporting