Local officials say at least 300 people were killed in Drama Theatre bombing in Mariupol

[muriel_volestrangler]

Local officials in the besieged city of Mariupol have said that at least 300 people are known to have been killed in the bombing on 16 March of the Drama Theatre.

About 1,300 were believed to have been sheltering the building, with just 150 survivors having staggered out of the rubble immediately after the attack.

Sources said the bulk of those in the theatre had been hiding from the shelling under the stage and that rubble was blocking their exit.
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The statement said: “Unfortunately, we start this day with bad news. From eyewitnesses, information appears that about 300 people died in the Drama Theatre of Mariupol as a result of a bombardment by a Russian aircraft.Until the last, I do not want to believe in this horror. Until the last, I want to believe that everyone managed to escape. But the words of those who were inside the building at the time of this terrorist act say otherwise.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/25/ukraine-war-latest-news-sanctions-a-little-late-zelenskiy-tells-european-council-biden-to-visit-poland-live?page=with:block-623d86bd8f08d422c5d5d368#block-623d86bd8f08d422c5d5d368

I feared the claim made the next day that everyone got out alive was wrong,

[gademocrat7]

1. Barbaric tactics

Putin must be punished for all the death and destruction he has caused.

[Raine]

2. So awful what that monster did, it's heartbreaking. nt