Three hundred people are feared to have died in a Russian bombardment of a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol, according to reports on Friday, APA reports citing News Yahoo.

Mariupol City Council was said to have put out the grim news from eyewitness accounts, which could not be confirmed.

The civic leaders were reported as saying: “Unfortunately, we start this day with bad news.

“From eyewitnesses, information appeared that about 300 people died in the Drama Theater of Mariupol as a result of a bombardment by a Russian aircraft.”

https://apa.az/en/europe/300-people-killed-in-bombing-of-mariupol-theatre-says-local-official-371724