2nd Russian nurse dies in Aleppo
BEIRUT -- The Russian Defense Ministry says that a second nurse who was injured in rebel shelling on the Syrian government-held part of Aleppo has died.
The Ministry statement Monday says the second nurse died of wounds suffered in the attack. Earlier reports said the shelling killed one Russian nurse and eight civilians in the makeshift field hospital.
Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in the emailed statement that another Russian, a pediatrician, remains in critical condition.
Konashenkov also called on international organizations such as the Red Cross to condemn the attack on the medics "who were doing their medical duty to help the civilians of Aleppo."
The field hospital was part of aid that Moscow had sent into Aleppo's Furqan neighborhood in the government-held section of the city the previous day.
