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(Previous Incident Code: S224)
Three civilians were reported killed and others injured during a reported Coalition targeted strike on an ISIL vehicle in Manbij.
According to Local Civil Defence, “International Coalition warplanes target an ISIL vehicle near Hal marketplace in Manbij city. Four were killed among them. But three martyrs among civilians were also reported, according to a local source.” Shaam News reported that a “number of civilians” were wounded.
Also see report below.
In the second of their March 2020 civilian casualty reports, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.
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Reports of the incident mention the city of Manbij (منبج), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.5312778, 37.9618514. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.