Kunduz Hospital Airstrike by US. US Admits they Did it. Gravest Violation of Intern. Law. It Was Deliberate, It Wasn’t “Collateral Damage"

Kunduz Hospital Airstrike by US. Washington Admits they Did it. Gravest Violation of Intern. Law. It Was Deliberate, It Wasn’t “Collateral Damage”

By Medecins Sans Frontieres
Global Research, October 06, 2015

On Saturday 3 October 2015 the MSF Trauma centre in Kunduz was hit several times during sustained bombing by coalition forces, and was very badly damaged.

Twelve staff members and at least 10 patients, including three children, were killed; 37 people were injured including 19 staff members.

US government admits their airstrike hit hospital

“Today the US government has admitted that it was their airstrike that hit our hospital in Kunduz and killed 22 patients and MSF staff. Their description of the attack keeps changing – from collateral damage, to a tragic incident, to now attempting to pass responsibility to the Afghanistan government.

The reality is the US dropped those bombs. The US hit a huge hospital full of wounded patients and MSF staff. The US military remains responsible for the targets it hits, even though it is part of a coalition.

There can be no justification for this horrible attack. With such constant discrepancies in the US and Afghan accounts of what happened, the need for a full transparent independent investigation is ever more critical.” – Christopher Stokes, General Director, Médecins Sans Frontières

It is with deep sadness that we confirm so far the death of twelve MSF staff during the bombing of MSF’s hospital in Kunduz. Latest update is that 37 people were seriously wounded during the bombing, of whom 19 are MSF staff. Some of the most critically injured are being transferred for stabilisation to a hospital in Puli Khumri, 2 hours’ drive away. There are many patients and staff who remain unaccounted for. The numbers keep growing as we develop a clearer picture of the aftermath of this horrific bombing.

This attack constitutes a grave violation of International Humanitarian Law.

MSF condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific bombing of its hospital in Kunduz full of staff and patients.

All indications currently point to the bombing being carried out by international Coalition forces. MSF demands a full and transparent account from the Coalition regarding its aerial bombing activities over Kunduz on Saturday morning.

MSF had informed all fighting parties of hospital GPS coordinates.

Read more here:
[link to www.msf.org]