Assertion: sarin | /r/ObjectUse | used in the attack
Facets:
value: against kurds in iraq
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in matsumoto
type: LOCATION
value: in syria
type: LOCATION
value: in nagano prefecture
type: LOCATION
value: northwest of central tokyo
type: LOCATION
value: on rebel-held khan sheikhun
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The British UN Ambassador stated that the report's lead author, Åke Sellström, said the quality of the sarin used in the attack was higher than that used by Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War, implying a purity higher than the Iraqi chemical weapons program's low purity of 45–60%.
text: In 2013, a team of U.N. chemical weapons inspectors confirmed that sarin had been used in an attack that killed as many as 1,400 men, women and children in Ghouta, a suburb on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria.
text: Later forensic analysis found that the sarin utilised in the attack was roughly half as pure as that used in the Matsumoto attack.
text: The OPCW-UN JIM report found no merit in any of these views and concluded that the sarin used in the attack bore the Syrian regime's signature; 'the Leadership Panel is confident that the Syrian Arab Republic is responsible for the release of sarin at Khan Shaykhun on 4 April 2017.
text: Experts say it is too early to say whether sarin or a mix of substances was used in the attack on rebel-held Khan Sheikhun
text: UN experts confirmed that Sarin was used in the attack, but they were not asked to ascribe any blame.
text: The Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), that oversees compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, examined samples from and around the impact crater in Khan Shaykhun, finding in laboratory tests that isopropanol was used in the production of sarin used in the attack.
text: The Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), that oversees compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention, examined samples from and around the impact crater in Khan Shaykhun, finding in laboratory tests that isopropanol was used in the production of sarin used in the attack.
text: In June 1994 sarin was used in an attack in Matsumoto in Nagano prefecture, about 110 miles (175 km) northwest of central Tokyo.
text: Sarin, a nerve agent, was used in an attack in Syria this week, Turkish officials said.
text: In August 2013, the OPCW dispatched an inspection team into Syria as part of a U.N.-led effort, which included specialists from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.N. itself, to investigate allegations that sarin had been used in attack on civilians in the town of Ghouta.
text: Discovered in 1938 by German scientists, Sarin has been used in attacks against Kurds in Iraq, where 5,000 civilians died after exposure.