Sky News was halted for a devastating update on Monday morning as 120 children and 26 teachers have all been killed. Reporter Tom Cheshire delivered the tragic news as he explained that a primary school had been hit by a strike in Minab, on Iran's southern coast.
Investigation Details
The presenter explained: "For the first time, Sky News has verified the identities of everyone from the school who was killed. 120 students, 73 boys and 47 girls, aged from six to 13, and 26 teachers who were killed in the strike. We built a database of every reported casualty, plotting names, ages and classrooms into a spreadsheet. We cross-referenced hospital records, footage from morgues and burial sites."
The news channel also put together a map of the school in detail as Tom shared: "This will help us piece together why the attack was so deadly."
Victim Demographics
Initial reports suggested that it was a girls' school that had been targeted. "But our investigation shows that the majority of victims were boys," Tom said.
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