Nigeria, March 12 -- An investigation by the US military shows that the US is responsible for the strike on an Iranian elementary school, which led to the death of more than 165 schoolgirls and 14 teachers, the New York Times reports.

The investigation shows that the Tomahawk missile strike on 28 February, which destroyed the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building in Tehran, was caused by reliance on outdated information provided by the Defence Intelligence Agency.

The report suggests that the military was targeting a nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility when it hit the school.

The preliminary investigation showed that the military had created target coordinates for this strike based on outdated information, w...