Mortar strikes French school in Syria
Students and teachers have escaped unhurt from a mortar strike at a French school in the Syrian Capital Damascus.
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A mortar shell landed on the chimney of the Charles de Gaulle school in the upscale central district of Mazzeh around 9am local time on Sunday morning while students were in class.
“No one was hurt but the windows shattered and the walls cracked,” school receptionist Bashir Oneiz told news agency AFP.
Aline Farah, a nurse at the school, said the students “were all crying. They were terrified. We took them to an underground shelter.”
“It was a miracle that no one was hurt, neither students nor teachers nor employees.”
Parents rushed to the school to pick up the children after the blast.
The Charles de Gaulle school is the only foreign school still open in the Syrian capital. It currently has about 220 students, down from a pre-war population of 900.
The school caters to both local and expatriate students.
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