Republican US Senator John Kennedy apologizes for what he says was a US strike on a school in Iran that reportedly killed over 160 people.
“It was terrible. We made a mistake,” Kennedy tells reporters on Capitol Hill.
“Other countries do that sort of thing intentionally, like Russia. We would never do that intentionally. I think the [Defense] Department is investigating it now, and I’m sorry. I’m just so sorry it happened,” he says.
Kennedy is the first Republican lawmaker to acknowledge American culpability in the strike that killed scores of civilians on the first day of the Iran war.
While the Pentagon has said it’s still investigating the matter, initial findings have reportedly pointed to the US as responsible for the strike.
Footage indicated that an American-made Tomahawk missile was used, though US President Donald Trump suggested yesterday, without proof, that Iran or Israel may have been responsible for firing it.
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