Rescuers are pulling bodies from the rubble as more are believed trapped underneath, RT’s bureau chief Hami Hamedi reports from the scene
At least three people have been killed after a residential building was destroyed during US-Israeli airstrikes on the Iranian capital overnight, RT’s Tehran bureau chief Hami Hamedi has reported from the scene.
The death toll from the attack on Friday morning remains unclear as several more people are believed to still be trapped under the rubble. Hamedi, who visited the site, witnessed rescuers combing through the debris in the hope of finding survivors. The overnight airstrikes on Tehran were among the most intense since the start of the month, he said.
A resident of a nearby house recounted how a massive explosion violently jolted him, his wife and granddaughter out of their beds.
“We came out and there was so much smoke that I couldn’t see [anything],” the man told Hamedi, adding that he later “saw that all the houses had collapsed and the fire was raging like the end of the world.”
“I think four or five people were martyred. There were a few wounded… It’s a residential house… We don’t even have a military presence [around here],” the eyewitness said.
“They are targeting residential areas, now they are attacking ordinary people” one of the firefighters working at the scene said. According to the rescuer, a two-year-old child was among the people pulled out from under the rubble.
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