(Previous Incident Code: S738)

According to Al Raqqa Truth, “Abdel Rahman Najjar was martyred while being displaced in coalition raids on Sahlat al Banat yesterday. A number of people were injured in his family. They are from al Mashlab neighbourhood.”

The victim was also named by Raqqa Maydaniya, who blamed the Coalition for his death.

Osama Abdallah posted confirmation of the death of his grandfather, Abdel Rahman Najjar, on Facebook: “After my grandfather Abdel Rahman al Najjar Abou Ahmad was martyred in the coalition raid on Sahlat al Banat village in Raqqa, my cousins left on Thursday 18/5/2017 looking for a car to leave al Mashlab village in Raqqa. We haven’t heard anything from them since. The first is Izzedin Mohammad Abdallah al Najjar and the second is Abdel Rahman Ahmad Abdel Rahman Abdallah al Najjar. I call on all my friends in Raqqa and the surrounding area if anyone sees them or hears anything about them please let us know. Many thanks.”

In an August Amnesty report, field researchers interviewed relatives of Abdel Rahman Najjar who stated that “At least six building were hit, five houses and the driving school. When the firing began everyone ran from the houses and into the fields.” The report confirms the death of “Abd al-Rahman al-Abdulla”, aged 72, as well as two other boys who were already mentioned in incident S734a.

It is important to note that in the the interview, the interviewee states that the strike took place around 5pm on May 21st. However, most local sources had already reported the incident before that date.