Disturbing photos and videos from local journalists show the outcome of Tuesday’s chemical attack on Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, which is currently held by Kurdish YPG militias.

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A local journalist Nawrouz Uthman told RT that the gas used in the attack caused choking and illness among those affected.

A Kurdish news outlet reported that the type of the gas used has not yet been identified due to a lack of medical equipment at the local Kurdish Red Cresent (Heyva Sor) Health Centre.

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12,00 local time several #civilian and #ypg exposed to yellow smoke from#al-Qaeda shek pic.twitter.com/pXgKyq9Lxv — Kovan Direj (@kovandire) April 7, 2016

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