Trump: Fault for Iran school strike may never be known

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it might never be known who was responsible for a deadly strike on a girls' school in Iran on February 28, the first day of the Iran war. The attack killed scores of children.

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I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem.

An initial internal US military investigation indicated that American forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab, located in southern Iran. The Pentagon has since escalated the probe but has not confirmed any preliminary findings. "I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem," Trump told reporters. "I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place, and it’s horrible what happened but there were missiles flying all over the place."

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I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place, and it’s horrible what happened but there were missiles flying all over the place.

Trump added, "Somebody said it was our missile, maybe it wasn’t our missile but I have seen nothing to lead me to believe it was." He further remarked, "I don’t think it was us." Iranian officials reported that the strike killed more than 175 children and teachers. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters in March that the strike might have resulted from the US using outdated targeting data. Deliberately attacking a school is considered a war crime under international humanitarian law. US officials have publicly stated that Washington would not intentionally target a school. The strike prompted global outrage, with the UN human rights office calling it "absolutely horrific."

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Somebody said it was our missile, maybe it wasn’t our missile but I have seen nothing to lead me to believe it was.